Originally Posted by
iFlyRC
Talking to the old timers, I've figured it's much more psychological than logical. People feel secure with what they have, they know what to expect, no surprises. They are NOT risk takers, and therefore hold themselves back from career earning potentials for less money and more security.
It's always a risk changing shops, but in my personal opinion, the biggest one is not taking that risk.
Bingo!!! We have a winner!
It's not necessarily that they are "handcuffed", (though some are, those tend to be the bitter ones, IMO), but they've gotten to a place where they're comfortable. Low risk. Life has settled down.
If you're not driven to make as much money as possible over your career, if what you make now is enough and you're comfortable, then the argument for leaving for a major becomes much weaker.
It's a personal value judgement where pay may not trump the other considerations.