Then how did Alex Bosworth reach $2,500 in routing fee earnings?
That much should be obvious, he's CEO of
https://yalls.org/, which sometimes used to try LN first time. Even myself have tried it previously, even though i use testnet edition few years ago.
Simply have lots of capital isn't enough, there should be reason why i should connect to your channel. People is more likely to create new channel when they pay for service or goods.