Nah man, he's definitely parlayed it to a degree of success and certainly the potential for a whole lot more. I'm not saying he's paying his bills right now with camera work, but there's no doubt that his association with, and notoriety on, ns has helped him.
For example...he filmed and edited that surface/causwell edit...might could land some legitimate videographer work on the strength of that, the clownschool stuff, superunknown entries, etc. He's at least done an excellent job of networking and raising his profile.