If not for the time I joined (2017) I wouldn't have been able to have any good comment about cryptocurrency. In fact, I would have been discouraged and probably quited. I enjoyed bitcoin at the tail end of 2017 the little token i got at bounty, I sold few at a favourable value and enjoyed it. Now, I'm so bored that I can't wait to have the bearing over.
Your situation is kinda similar to mine, I was lucky to make quite a large sum at the initial stage, I actually Invested in the bitcoin and got quite a good return, but later on I went into bounty hunting, but by then the market was and is still down, I have still managed to work for some good projects that afforded me good returns.
But it's not so easy for the very new comers, they need a lot of encouragement to remain, though they should