Too true man! Lots of good stuff here but for sure, we all start somewhere! I've still got screenshots of when my account was .1 Hive Power! Of course it wasn't called Hive at the time but you remember!
It's important for people to realize that dedication, time and effort should pay off in the end. It wasn't all sunshine and roses and it's still not but if you work at it in a productive way, you can get to a good spot some day! I would like to think that the Hive middle and upper middle class is growing pretty well! We've got a few more people in the Orca category which is great, as well as many dolphins and people crossing the lines between them weekly!
I'm sure I could go back and find some screenshots like that. It's certainly a battle to grow your account at first, but at some point, it just starts to multiply much more rapidly.