I started with nothing in crypto as I get only those in giveaways thru airdrop and bounties. Now is it better? no. At the end of the day it's still how you manage that fund whether you get it free or hard earned. I learned that thru the course of my journey in crypto trading.
I started my crypto trading with giveaways as well few years back when there were many giveaways from new bitcoin related sites. Luckily, I could manage my trading good enough so I could make some profit from something that I earned for free. After that, I add extra funds from my own pocket because I was very sure that I would earn more profit if I have more capital but too bad I was so greedy and I could not control my emotion which made me lost more than half of my money because of panic selling. It was a big mistake but also it was a big lesson learned as well.