Lots of reasons. Many folks are afraid of the unknown, so it's the devil you know, kind of thing.

That's why most folks aren't entrepreneurs. There's a ton of risk, involved in that kind of stuff, and most folks are risk-averse.

In my case, my job was sort of soulless, but only in parts. Many folks here, would say that it was a horror show, but I also worked for a company that gave me business cards that would open doors, I worked with some of the finest engineers and scientists in the world, enjoyed considerable trust, and had great stability.

Nothing comes for free. There's pluses and minuses to everything. I find it doesn't do me a whole lot of good to judge others on the choices they made, and, in the aggregate, there's not much in my life that I regret, and that's worth more than money.