Wow. I can't imagine working for a whole month and earning $10 a month. If I were those affected, I would rather quite my job and squarely face Steem. As for your question, living off Steemit is never a good option as long as one has other means of making better money offline. Cheers!
Yes, for most it is unimaginable to live on less than $10 a month @gandhibaba
I think that to a large extent, trying to make a living from what is related to crypto currencies is quite difficult, especially because of the issue of price volatility. Today it's worth one dollar tomorrow-- a lot of instability.