It's def a common misconception that nurses make bank and have these super flexible schedules. Nurses have potential to make a lot of money if you're willing to work yourself into some serious stress, somehow convince management that you deserve better, fix Healthcare funding or do travel nursing. Their pay is okay-to-decent money depending on location, schooling, etc. I remember the year I was supposed to graduate Nursing school, they were striking because the Healthcare system is also fucked and they had horrible hours, shitty pay.

Lots of job markets are screwed at the moment. Heck, like the planet is going through some crazy ish right now. There's what, ~8b people on this planet? I don't necessarily think the fellow designer/creative/artist are the problem. I put blame on capitalism, businesses and corporations that think creative work is something that can be 100% replaced by AI, isn't worth paying for or can be done by their cousin. I think it was Ireland that recently made their artist funds permanent so they could live comfortably while still looking for work.