1) he's not a good enough writer to earn more.
2) he's chosen jobs that have little hope of a lucrative payoff.
3) his personality is such that he gets fired from everyplace he works.
No, it's not far-fetched, but it means you've fallen to the bottom of the pyramid of disagreement by indulging in ad hominems/character assassination; which while possibly valid in this case, still means you are failing to deal with the many objective points he brings up (eg the quartering of the Village Voice rates paid to the best writers, not him).
It's hard for people engaged in a career path to recognize the end that's coming.
Much journalism is literally farmed out to content mills and pays fractions of a penny per word. This implies a labor supply glut. I wonder sometimes if we see this in web dev too?
1) he's not a good enough writer to earn more. 2) he's chosen jobs that have little hope of a lucrative payoff. 3) his personality is such that he gets fired from everyplace he works.
Or is any of that too far-fetched?