Mining is getting more and more profitable, especially BTC mining. According to cmc, all other mining options are still bringing you around 90 bucks per months by investing 1k USD and in my opinion it is not worth it yet.
A lot of my friends tell me the same thing, but for now I dont trust mining, if the rate collapses, all mining goes into minus, in which case isnt it easier to just buy cryptocurrency on the sly and this can give more than investment in mining now.