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If PweDiePie earns $500000 per month, why do people still in 2020 do demanding/draining/volatile corporate jobs, life-threatening military/spy/mercenary jobs, horrible teaching jobs, and so on to earn money?

if there are ways to earn money by not draining body and soul, why do people still do those horrible or high-stakes jobs?

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    Are you asking why people don't make YouTube videos for a living instead of working at a job? – Tanner Swett May 31 '20 at 21:33
  • @TannerSwett, I am asking, if there are ways to earn money by not draining my soul and health, why do people still do that? – user366312 May 31 '20 at 21:34
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    How do you know streaming doesn't drain your soul and health? – glibdud May 31 '20 at 22:04
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    If everyone can do it, it's not valuable. – Hart CO May 31 '20 at 23:47
  • Bear in mind that those numbers are simply wild guesses about what he makes, he's never released an audited financial statement. And why would he? His whole presence is based on creating buzz and clickbait articles claiming he makes $5000000 a month just feed the buzz. – Charles E. Grant Jun 01 '20 at 00:11
  • @CharlesE.Grant: He's a Swede. Just call the tax authority if you want the real number. – MSalters Jun 01 '20 at 00:33
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    @MSalters which only serves to increase my suspicion since the linked articles didn't do that. They relied on "guesstimates" based on the number of views. – Charles E. Grant Jun 01 '20 at 00:42
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    Why do people take office or manual labor jobs instead of becoming a rockstar? – Kat Jun 01 '20 at 04:28
  • Are you talking about the 3rd world or the 1st? Your question shows a total alienation from reality, someone has to grow the food you eat while watching PweDiePie videos... – Pedro Lobito Jun 12 '20 at 10:31

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To earn money like PewDiePie, you have to be very talented (I've never seen his videos so I'll give him the benefit of the doubt) and/or very lucky.

Most people are not very talented and not very lucky so they unfortunately have to take regular jobs.

If you work hard, then you can increase your skills and get a more satisfying job (or maybe start your own business which can be extremely satisfying). Unfortunately, you can't increase your luck.

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