playing for a living

[AncientPC]

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give it a shot when and only when you are losing money by going to the day job. It is a slow transition.
-Shaggy

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How do you really know when that moment comes ? My win rate over 1200 hrs. is $19/hr but that's with the luxury of just picking my spots when to play. How much of a dropoff should I factor in by having to play a set number of hours ?

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If that's your winrate, you shouldn't even think about playing fulltime. In my book, poker is just a recreational thing for you. You don't even qualify as a semi-pro.

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That's a pretty ridiculous mindset when US minimum wage is less than $6/hr and many people in other countries are making less.

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Not really. Who cares what the US minimum wage is or what people in other countries make? He's living in the US (assumption) and therefore the only thing that matters is how much he makes relative to his living style.

Besides, you never gain anything from comparing yourself to those worse off.