[SupremumLimit]

It also makes things difficult for those of us who are trying to make a living out of education/training.

I get that people do it for passion, I enjoy sharing knowledge too, and in an ideal world where I didn't have to earn money, I'd be doing it along with everyone else as part of a great virtuous cycle.

However, the current situation is mostly at odds with making a career out of education. I really can't invest as much time as I'd like into educational work because I have a family to support, and I barely break even on the hours invested.

It means that trying any new interesting approaches is out of the question, and advanced topics with a smaller audience are unlikely to see the light of day, which is a pity.

But I guess as long as there is a supply of people willing to do this kind of work on top of a regular job, the situation will only become more entrenched.

[munificent]

> However, the current situation is mostly at odds with making a career out of education.

Yes, this is the part that really bothers me. I'm fine with people doing creative work like writing and music without much financial reward.

The shitty part is that they still have to spend so much of their precious time doing other stuff to get the financial reward needed to pay their bills.

It's not a tragedy in my mind that writing doesn't pay, it's that we require something that does pay.