I have started out with the goal of building fractions of bitcoin through faucet sites and trade my 50000 satoshi fractions on Bittrex, so far that has worked out for me, I have also gained free coin from helping others get into it and telling them what I know, trading along with them and exchanging knowledge.
So far cryptocurrency has been working out well for me, I'm up to around 14 dollars worth now, slowly increasing toward 1000000 satoshi where I will start making 100000 satoshi investments. I've been putting small amounts in various coins and building up a collection, making investments whenever a coin looks good.
STEEM looks pretty good right now aside from the weekend decline, looking forward to buying some time at around tomorrow night when I expect it to start going back up.
My long-term goal is ultimately to prove to myself that you can go in with absolutely nothing and come out with money.