One of the main drawback of Changing job or changing project it that you lost all subject matter expertise you have learned by working the last couple of years in that project or domain. It doesn't matter whether you are an expert in a programming language, once you change job, you lost your hard earned experience on projects or domain you are working on. When starting a new job or on to a new project you will rarely be working on a complete greenfield environment. Understanding and mastering an unfamiliar code is a difficult process and it can sometimes feel overwhelming due to the amount of new information you need to take on.