It's interesting for me to read this, because it's very much the trope(s) of what high tech jobs are - or what people imagine them to be. Interesting, because

It's interesting for me to read this, because it's very much the trope(s) of what high tech jobs are - or what people imagine them to be. Interesting, because I work for a large tech firm (Fortune 50) that's been around for a while. We don't have basically any of the stuff listed. No free meals, no fancy break rooms, kegs, parties, vacations, etc. But what we have is pretty good pay. Not sports cars in the parking lot pay, but pretty good. The other thing is that the site I work at is in a smaller college town (< 60k population) in a nice, relatively quiet part of the US. So quality of life is pleasing. Personally as far as my work career goes, I rather like this arrangement.