[bthornbury]

Fundamentally this is true, but bringing yourself to the point where you "just quit" is quite difficult.

I think you're ignoring a lot of human things like that a lot developers are quite isolated and working 60+ hours a week. Their social group is quite likely just their co-workers. Especially for new devs who have relocated.

[Cofike]

That's a good point I didn't think about. Assuming you are most likely burning some midnight oil at a top tech company, you'd be stressed to keep up a social circle besides your coworkers.

I think that plays a bigger part in it than we are thinking