it is very long, the better he bought the account, at a price between 0.05 - 0.1 and in 1 or 2 weeks of money he could return 
buying account is also an option, if you have some spare coins already. Apparently it is not prohibited in this forum to do so, which I don't like personally, but so it is. There are quite some offers of selling accounts of established members with high enough rank to return your investment on the advertisement campaign pretty fast.
But once again, I don't think it is the best way, as you need time to learn about Bitcoin ecosystem and gaining your own experience requires time.
I think most newbs like me don't have a lot if any bitcoins so buying an account with them is usually out of the question, though I suppose you could see it as an investment but still most join this forum to make btc not spend it
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