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Originally Posted by Fat Abe
The only writing job that pays today is Software. This is the sad, but undeniable reality of jobs in today's economy. More fiction books have been written than can ever be read in a lifetime. Software, on the other hand, is mutable, always in need of repair, and the profession, if you can call it that, is loaded with more hack "writers" than you will ever find in a pulp fiction magazine. Programming pays handsomely, and by God, you do not even need to be perfect to succeed.
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Writing software, no doubt, pays better, but there's also (and will likely always be) steady work in
technical writing. I imagine it could be a nice parallel occupation for a writer of literature, especially if the technical writing can be performed remotely.