[gowld]

> The problem is that category 2 is that they can fairly easily get jobs in industry that pay way more than writing for a website

This is true, but those jobs are much worse than writing jobs. So it comes down to how much you value money and what it buys. Most people earning "way more" are spending "way more" to try to pay back the soul debt the job takes away. When you dig deep, it's not "way more" utility.