In a year from now, people will be saying exactly what they were saying a few short months ago:

"Ugh! I wish I would've started mining when BTC was a fraction of what it is now! If only I would've had the foresight to see it was about to skyrocket! Miners are sooo cool, but I'm a stoopit loser for not being smart like them! Whaaa!!!"

Ha! We can dream, can't we?