Highly doubtful, you don't just switch careers because comp suddenly rises, social status is very much associated with these decisions, maybe anecdotal but phys

Highly doubtful, you don't just switch careers because comp suddenly rises, social status is very much associated with these decisions, maybe anecdotal but physical labor also has a stigma around it, people working in the field might not be the kind of people you want to be working with, etc. Entire game dev industry is built in finding passionate young people, underpaying them and putting them through the grinder till they burn out. And there's no shortage of applicants.