I find the reasoning of this article pretty obnoxious to be honest. They start off with a valid argument, that if you treat engineers better than everyone else

I find the reasoning of this article pretty obnoxious to be honest. They start off with a valid argument, that if you treat engineers better than everyone else it creates resentment in other parts of the company and that makes sense. If that weren’t enough, all of this “special treatment” towards engineers can create resentment throughout the rest of the company. Such negativity hurts performance and retention in other business units where employees might feel that they’re treated unfairly. I've actually experienced this myself as the new guy, even within the engineering department. Then 5 paragraphs later this is what they write: Maybe instead of offering free lunches on Fridays, you can provide funding to attend Apple’s Worldwide Developer Conference (WWDC, once that’s hosted in real life again) or a Coursera subscription. If you’re in the mobile apps space, you might offer to buy the newest iPhone or Android device for your engineers annually on a “yours to keep” basis. I'm sorry for the negativity, I just don't think I can trust the judgement of the author on this issue after reading that. Also as a mobile developer, shouldn't you be aiming for your app to perform well on low to midrange devices first, thus targeting the largest ammount of potential users? If you're styling for the iphone x/11 notch you're gonna be doing that in the simulator first regardless.