Countless amount of people who ar “smart” but still broke

The world doesn’t care how smart you are unless you’re going to use your brains to solve a problem

Teach something
Build something
Help someone

Being smart for the sake of being smart doesn’t get your paid https://t.co/XzGbjfbejX

— Chris Johnson (@Nappyb0yy) February 24, 2019

Exactly why I did not become a writer! I am a very good to great writer, and I can churn out high-quality writing very quickly with little editing required. But it’s still a terrible career. Writers make little and novelists fare on average worst of all.

Instead, I went into IT because I also enjoy computers and it pays well, has lots of employment options, and is not terribly geography-constrained. I’m comparatively much better at writing than I am at IT work but it doesn’t matter because writing can’t buy a retirement or an SS.