Royalroad.com is how a lot of litrpgs make their start... Not sure if they do smut. Smut I feel like the best avenue would be phone apps because there are a whole apps dedicated to that like wattpad or webtoon.
I think that was before mass firings because the CEOs think that the ai will save us or at least overworked employees will that have to save the company. Trying to apply for a tech job right is terrible.
If you are talking about why companies don't come here, if we look at education as a factor, then the talent pool ain't here. We are 44th in the country for how many of us have a bachelor's degree.
But we are great cheap labor.
Why we gotta diss little girls lol