I was introduced in May 2016 via @bleepcoin who had made loads of money from a meme. I spent ages agonising on whether to spend my time on what might just be a huge joke.
Then I just went for it. I wrote an article about game theory and Steemit and it made a few thousand dollars, then my next one made less than a dollar.
Eventually I got into my groove, and then when the first payout happened on 4th July '16 my faith was repaid and the rest is history!