Truth is, content creation pays more than a lot of professional jobs out there, this is why even medical doctors now are making out time to create contents online using their expertise on what they know about the human body. To succeed in this current generation you need to get rid of the old ways of doing things. Like you said, this is the era of digitalization, making money now is by working smart
We're now living in a world of technology, and everyone wants to be part of it. There are so many content creators who educate, and entertain people through their contents in one way or the other and Knowing that they are earning from their content creation and are the talk of the town at any given opportunity will make more people, both kids and older generations, and even the incoming generation to join in content creation because everyone wants to be noticed and earn money at same time even though they may be earning from other sources.
And being that technology is improving every day, it has now made it easy for people to engage in it without stress, and with this situation it will continue being source of in income to those who engage in it.