There are tons of sex workers that rake in money that even FAANG engineers will never see in 10 lives (e.g OF 'models'). I doubt much of society has any respect for them though.
I have more respect for only fans models then fellow software developers nowadays. At least only fans models produce something others find valuable. We don't provide anything valuable anymore.
I dont think OF models are some paragon of virtue but theyre leagues ahead of engineers who choose to work at Meta
I've heard that millions of girls wanting to get rich look up to those "OF models" as role models.
Pretty much in the same way that a significant number of people in tech who wants a good paying job looks up to people working for Zuckerberg.