We are still very early in the life of this platform and this blockchain, as communities develop I think we won't see rants of that type about earning because we will be supported by our communities (hopefully).
You are among the select few here that are so transparent and direct; and I think this is more than inspiring for other people starting out. Keep it up :)
I am really looking forward for the role that communities will have within the steemcosystem, but as everything everywhere, it has to have backing and that backing will come only from stakeholders, so we will have well supported communities as well as low to no support communities.
Well, transparency and striving to be the best version i can be are my main motors, not everytime I get to do it but at least we try ^^