[newb question alert] and how do you get full time on btc? by trading, looking for profitable investments and mining, etc? can that fill your entire time?

All you have said are the possible work for getting full time with bitcoin. But still you can also work that for part time. It is going to depend on you.
On how you are going to take that job seriously but you must dedicated on working to it so that your every effort is worth it.