100% this. There are a lot of opportunities for creative work in content marketing, devrel, and so forth. Writing, video, etc. Also a great way to bridge with doing if that’s your thing.

It’s obviously not the same as literary fiction, etc. But it can be a good gig. If you have some other particular interest do it as a hobby/sideline.

One downside is that you may not be credited but even that’s not always a given. I get a byline for most external things I write as part of my job.