Setting out strong foundation that's aimed at supporting long term gain is the best thing you can do for yourself and regardless of the fact that you might not be getting quick results like short term investors and individuals, the benefit that comes with long term investment in the right thing will always supercede any quick gain that's mostly for short sighted individuals.
I wish this kinda advice age like win in crypto space but the truth is that these only matter if you are doing it for your own self, like trying to look at fundamentals before you invest but on wide scale today, a lot of people including the teams we are having today have gone wild. People now prioritize gain over working project that can open door for more opportunities in the future which can equally contribute to new price discovery.
For instance, take a peep at this X post from Binance account, they will be listing
Notcoin, this coin or token rather was farm by people virtually just tapping their phone and now Binance is about to make it go big, a lot of people are going to cashout from this farming and airdrop and we have many projects that has been posting update on their github making something unique and even beg Binance for a place and other top tier exchanges but they don't just care because exchange prefer something that will bring them profits than the development of any projects.