well, look at Hive account@tarazkp who joined on 01/2017 and is one of the most prolific and popular writers on here. His account currently is worth 100k and he has about 50k in splinterlands. I also know he has some liquid on exchanges but have no clue as to how much he has taken out over the years (if anything) so make that 200k

that is an astonishing 40k side hustle a year

So after 5 years and being in a bear market he is doing that, it shows that its possible to make a very good head start by putting in sweat equity