I began to think this would be a waste of time with everything I learned because almost all the projects I had followed ended in scammers. Is this a waste of time for me? 
no, because everything will need a process. I also first entered the crypto world thinking like you because what I got was not what I expected before. but the more my curiosity about the crypto world made me learn a lot about crypto. so that experience is important especially for beginners like you have to learn a lot to be successful in crypto.