I'm not actively routing public payments as I learned all I needed to by doing this for some while and I know you can't currently make it worthwhile in terms of fees / time spent managing.

Alex Bosworth, one of the leading Lightning guys is honest about this over on X, I remember around a year or two ago he disclosed that he earns around $30K for running a 10 BTC node (I believe). 

 He earns 30k ??!

https://media.tenor.com/PQreEw8d3fQAAAAC/tom-delonge-blink182.gif 

 Yes, working full time 50+ hours a week, plus having 10 BTC liquidity and being one of the biggest, most active nodes on the network. This dates back  a while.

https://x.com/alexbosworth