[jleask]

I'd question the non-trivial part. True in some cases but also I can think of plenty of Cxx level people that have just walked off into the sunset of a new role after crashing and burning a company.

Additionally the compensation is so great that I think a lot of people would gladly take that risk given the opportunity. If in a few months you can earn a x years engineer's salary why not take the risk and then worst case is a nice holiday whilst looking for the next company to ruin.

I think your point holds better at middle management level.