Best guess is that KSP (at least what all these devs came to do) is done (or at least asymptotically approaching "done"). There's still plenty of work to get the contract/career mode into more of a game, but I suspect that these devs either didn't come for that or possibly have an issue where its going (which is more likely about unseen bits of Lua code than actual gameplay).
I've also heard horror stories (more about people who didn't know what they are in for) from a Canadian company that produces media for marketing (much like Squad's day job). The devs might very well know that they can get a better job with 'KSP' on their resume than anything Squad still has (and this is likely true regardless of how great a place Squad is to work, working to polish a released game isn't the same job as developing something new). Squad isn't like a "gaming studio" where devs just move on to other projects available inside the studio.
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Best guess is that KSP (at least what all these devs came to do) is done (or at least asymptotically approaching "done"). There's still plenty of work to get the contract/career mode into more of a game, but I suspect that these devs either didn't come for that or possibly have an issue where its going (which is more likely about unseen bits of Lua code than actual gameplay).
I've also heard horror stories (more about people who didn't know what they are in for) from a Canadian company that produces media for marketing (much like Squad's day job). The devs might very well know that they can get a better job with 'KSP' on their resume than anything Squad still has (and this is likely true regardless of how great a place Squad is to work, working to polish a released game isn't the same job as developing something new). Squad isn't like a "gaming studio" where devs just move on to other projects available inside the studio.