Article continues below advertisementBefore walking away from her full-time job, Crystal Rose was one "mini inconvenience," she says, from ending her life.Article continues below advertisementSource: SUPPLIEDArticle continues below advertisementMost models and content creators quit their day jobs after going viral. Rose quit hers while still living paycheck to paycheck, choosing Twitch streams and cosplay over financial security. She wasn't building an empire in secret or stockpiling sponsorship deals, but calculating whether buying an iced coffee meant eating ramen for dinner.