Not a real job is a quite good stance to take. Because there is an absurd power law at play here, the absolute top make a lot of money. In a "real job" you are paid a living wage, on twitch you are paid scraps if you don't make it to the top.
What I am saying that what Tyler has very much is a real job and successful business. You wouldn't say Taylor Swift is jobless because very few people make it in the pop music world.
You'd be lying though, and your kid would probably grow up to resent it. There are ways to educate kids about the relative risks of careers in good faith.
If they wanted to be a famous personality, I would insist they start building a profile on every platform.
For some people never means usually not, and for some never means never :)
[1] https://www.theverge.com/22807858/tiktok-influencer-microsof...
So we are still talking about an absurd low number of people.
Of course it's always possible that someone is far more successful outside of twitch. Like an established celeb who streams without monetization. But I don't think it makes sense to discuss those special cases here.
How are you going to know what the stream is earning the musician keeping contact with his fan base?
Over the age of 6: 5.16 million
High school: 1 million
College: 70k
Pro: 1,700
Also a power law distribution.
I know this because recently I ran into a few Instagram influencers with a low 6-figure followers, who get paid $1000+ per ad post. The ones I know have day jobs, Instagram is mostly extra income for them. I also know a blogger who is doing it fulltime and making upper middle class income from it.
The point is power law seems absurd because it is easy to start these things but very few people actually treat it like a job or a business. To me it seems those who treat it like a business have pretty high chance of making, at least, living wages from it.
But no, it's not a 'career' I'd recommend to anyone. The net expected value of becoming a local theatre actor is significantly better than Twitch...