I think Miffed had a very good point in buidling CV and experience in your area of work. I mean, sure, quite a few (at least students, younger, and singles) can make enough money or more than they do on some random shit job, but the time you're having a good time, playing poker as a job you're not doing anything for your future you'll have after you get tired of poker/online poker dies or whatever. So then you're gonna have to start studying/takin that shit job later in your life that others did when you were playing poker.

Ever since a couple of my friends have been living as poker "pro's", making quite some cash, doing fun stuff, travelling etc (not studying or anything), I've been tempted to go for the same route.
The advice I got was to play as much poker as possible, improve my skills and most importantly, get a bankroll to survive at least 6 months of break-even/slighlty losing months. So that's what I'd say you have to make sure if you wanna play poker as a job.
So for a year or so I've been having some veeeery boring jobs, not well paid and definately nothing long-time or for the future, but just something to do while I get my bankroll.
And now I've had my 6+ months backup bankroll for a little while and could almost live off the rakeback if I wanted to. So plan is to start studying, without takin loans, getting some boring job (enough of those now) or something like that - and get enough money from poker to pay bills etc and do fun stuff on my free time. 3 weeks in Thailand next spring, thanks to poker, for example!
It seems like a good idea.

'Cause I mean, the probability that I'll be able to make millions and be able to live off poker my whole life is not that big so making some cash to have a good time now for a few years and then start studying when I'm 30 seems kinda pointless, so might as well start now.

Sorry for the long post - work was extremly boring today so had to do soemthing :P

And wufwugy - what's wrong with living off rakeback? I know quite a few who does and make money on the games too...