I hope I don't sound rude, but this whole text looks like a procrastination.<p>The economic scenario isn't good, but you also look very confused.<p>If you want to get a job in tech, you need to put the effort into it; you seem lost by your interests(games) or side hustles.<p>Most people really lack focus. They start 10 things and never finish one, and I think you are in this situation because of this.<p>It's very hard to have the discipline of studying constantly and following up on what you need to do to get what you want (a job in a competitive field without a degree).<p>If you really want this, you should consider even getting a degree, or do it what it takes, and stop wasting your time with other things or thinking you are some sort of special creature "an obscure fine artist", this looks like storytelling for your procrastination.<p>Life advice is useless, I bet lots of people have given you advice previously, or you've looked it up before, it isn't possible this is the first time ever anybody is giving you advice to this, the issue is you following up in what people tell you, and also being strategic about it, and taking the time to figure out if that's what you want.<p>Nowadays there's Youtube and too many gurus to give advice and make people even more confused than they are, back when I started working in Software, there wasn't as many distractions, first you need to fight against them, make your own bed and take care of the tasks you need to take day after day.<p>Another thing is "Right now, I'm not making much money, and that needs to change relatively soon." -- truth being said, no company or person cares about your needs, politicians and governments will pretend that they do, but ultimately you are responsible for your own well-being.<p>If you'll need more money soon, you need to start figuring out what to do now. This doesn't mean necessarily you will work in tech, it means you need to figure out how to make money, not follow your "passions" or "interests", those are the things holding you back, it looks like doing anything for you it's a big exploration of your self-being, when in reality in the real world it's about just doing what you have to do.