Maybe I am out of touch, but I don’t believe token gen Z influencer is a highly paid job like SWE is.
There are lots of do nothing jobs out there (bureaucrat, HR, excel guru, receptionist, etc) where you can coast doing maybe an hour of real work per day, but you are not getting paid the $100k-$300k the article quotes.
You can find out there SWE jobs around $100k that you can get away with doing nothing as the organizations tend to not be technically strong and therefore the organization is not able to or does not measure your output. I used to work in such a job, but got bored and wanted more money. I climbed several rungs up the salary ladder, but now my output is much more carefully measured and I do actually have to work the full day. I think the jobs that pay $300k and you don’t have to work are basically nonexistent now, that was a product of zirp. Maybe back in 2022 you could get a cushy job and rake it in, but not any longer.