The reality is that there is no army of full time writers. There are some writers, and a whole lot of people looking for easy money with Facebook quality content. The good news is that Medium welcomes everyone to express themselves but rewards the real value and that’s what far too many people feel too subjectively about. They feel they offer real value just because they wrote something. That doesn’t work in the real world where a business needs to be sustainable. In my experience the absolute best writers on Medium post occasionally, like once a week. Why? Because they have a job.