Is wanting to be a "writer" in the traditional sense of the word in the year 2019 a pursuit of something obsolete...

is wanting to be a "writer" in the traditional sense of the word in the year 2019 a pursuit of something obsolete? is it not setting yourself up to be an outsider even more than it used to be?

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Almost definitely, unless you're willing to either play up your marginal identity or go into debt for an MFA / MA Creative Writing and really suck up to the middle-class left-leaning SWJ women in publishing. Today it's all about branding and having the ability to acquire attention better than your opponents. As for money - there is none.

I think the best way to do it nowadays is to accept that you're going to do something else to make your money and then write in your free time and try to publish your work under a pseudonym. Ironic that you post Salinger, because that loose plan was inspired by him and how much he hated fame.
My plan is to try and get fantasy published because I think its easier to sell to agents and then to try and publish other stuff, like contemporary stories.

Early on in his career Salinger wanted to become famous, and was confident about becoming the best writer in America according to an interview he did while in college in New York. Only later in life did he become more reclusive.

Yes, it is. Everyone here talking about growing up to be a great writer is an idiot.

I make a living off writing fiction. It isn't that hard.

What is the experience like? Do you have a certain schedule in mind for writing, and getting your books published? Do you publish them yourself, or do you have contacts with a publishing agency? How many books do you think you could typically handle writing in one year? Thank you!

I mean I'm a NEET with no high school education or degree & I haven't worked in seven years so what else is there but creative pursuits other than laying down and dying now so I try not to think in terms of validity

One thing I often consider is that I don't think I have anything to say to people who read books. Or perhaps I should say that the people I'd be interested in communicating with are those who would spend their time with other mediums. I think the type of story I'd like to write would be more appropriate if it were something like a video game, perhaps a visual novel; but something like that requires skills beyond writing, which I do not possess to a sufficient degree.

I'm writing to myself. If I manage to please myself I'll have won the esteem of a particularly harsh and discerning critic, and that is enough for my satisfaction as a writer.