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The Gray Area with Sean Illing cover image

The highs and lows of the "creator economy"

The Gray Area with Sean Illing

CHAPTER

The Unglamorous Side of Being a Creatoran Influencer

Most people still only primarily view creators through the lens of fame, they don't really understand the amount of work that goes into this type of career. It's so much harder than you think to essentially build a business around yourself or around an interest that you have. These people are working 24 seven, and often they're under age. A lot of people working for no benefits, no protections, ra there's that viral to eat like back in the 19 seventies or sixties,. Like, going to work, and i have a whole family and a house. And then nowadays, like, my boss is an ap and i owe it money.

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