Hello friends,

I am seeking guidance from those who are well versed in GPU mining. Perhaps there is an individual(s) on this forum who are willing to spend a few minutes of their day to convince me that mining, after all, is a bad idea. Each time that I crunch the numbers factoring in initial investment, ROI, the unpredictability of the crypto market, and the amount of electricity used, I end up coming up negative. 

In addition, I do not have any knowledge of what to actually do once I have the physical mining rig set up right in front of me. Such as
- Mining software?
- Configuration of mining code?
- Optimal settings for GPUs by using drivers? 
- Which pools should I join?
- How to join a pool?
- What is my ignorance not allowing to me realize that is so obvious for someone that knows exactly what they are doing?
And other equivalent topics.

Nevertheless, mining is something that I truly want to follow through on, I believe there is a lot to learn and a lot to gain from mining when it is done right.

And that friends is my dilemma, how is it done, right. 
(any information provided will be taken into consideration and greatly appreciated. Cheers)