Crypto is one of the avenues of getting rich yet it should be understood that it does not happen overnight. Getting rich in crypto requires a lot of dedication, hard work and patience. People do not see the essence of crypto investment because they want to get rich quickly, hence, hurriedly invest in projects that follow the pump and dump trend.
Remember, one key to success is patience.
You need to be hardworking and also have patience but there are many who are like you described but still never get rich, what you failed to include here is LUCK, I will give you an example, Ive hold many tokens that turned dead while holding them and I'm here thinking patience is the way, there are also some coins that I sold for low money that turned very big later, crypto is daze and craze at times mate