>>3692161Nobody is saying you still can't shoot for pleasure or artistic passion while having a job as a photographer and actually make a living doing so.
The difference is I have actual connections in the industry now and know how to competitively market myself to people willing to pay me to shoot for them.
And if someone is paying you to shoot for them, most of the time they have the expectation that they're paying you to be pretty damn creative and wow them.