As someone who has attempted to escape from tech industry employment, the high status and salary are very alluring. If you leave your 6 figure tech job to live in a van by the river and plant trees you're a burnout loser with no money. If you start a search engine that gives money to people to plant trees you're a green entrepreneur with a health salary who can always pivot back to helping energy-guzzling Google AI identify targets for drones to bomb.