Should you quit your job to become a writer?

How writing started paying more than investment banking...Yes, there is a catch

Writers are becoming millionaires at scale. To understand how and why, one has to go back to 2011 when New York Times (NYT) was thinking about pivoting to subscriptions instead of relying solely on advertisements. At the time it was unclear whether people would pay for quality writing.

After much back and forth, the Times decided to push the pedal on su…