I don’t think it’s a SWE thing at all. Just bog standard human behavior. People like consistency. They hate change. If they get used to a specific tool or way

I don’t think it’s a SWE thing at all. Just bog standard human behavior. People like consistency. They hate change. If they get used to a specific tool or way of doing things, I’m pretty sure you’ll find similar behaviors. The key is time spent with a tool. I would expect if you took away an engineer’s favorite CAD software, even if it costs many thousands of dollars, you’d see a similar reaction. Would they be able to do their job with another tool? Certainly. Will you hear about it? Even more certain.