Well tradespeople usually work for multiple clients on smallish projects. For <i>good</i> tradespeople, a significant number of those projects come from repeat customers, which means their optimal strategy is not to serve all customers equally, but to prioritize those that are more likely to bring repeat business down the road. A difficult customer is usually not someone you want to do repeat business with, so they get &quot;managed out&quot; pretty reliably.<p>Most software engineers, on the other hand, work for one big customer at a time (your employer). And though I agree that a bad employer at the end of day is detrimental to your career, you cannot afford to switch jobs on trivial matters, on risk of getting labeled as a grasshopper. That&#x27;s why you do not see developers &quot;walking&quot;.