My brother has a degree in Aeronautical Engineering, and contract work was his foot in the door to a full-time developer position at Amazon. When I quit my con

My brother has a degree in Aeronautical Engineering, and contract work was his foot in the door to a full-time developer position at Amazon. When I quit my contractor job, subcontracted out to a defense contractor over 20 years ago, the primary contractor offered to hire me directly. It was an open secret that my employer hired people strait out of college, billed them out at very high rates, and the client was allowed to poach a top performer now and then in exchange for paying such high hourly rates. I went from being a contractor to a regular employee at a startup. Granted, this is a sample size of two. Though, in neither case were the contractors in question independent contractors. I suppose you're getting at that few independent contractors are willing to go back once they taste the flexibility.