There is a lot to learn from this post of yours! I have bookmarked it for future reference.
I appreciate your candor about paying one's dues, and what you said about Medium is interesting, as I know one well-known blogger who advocates that his students start off with guest posting on Medium.
I've resteemed your post. If you'd like to find out about me, my introductory post is here: https://steemit.com/introduceyourself/@sasukhram/woo-hoo-finally
Take care!
I'm glad you found it helpful. Be sure to also take a look at my "getting started" post from the following day. Between the two posts, I think you'll have a solid foundation to take you up to a reputation of 40 or so. There is still more to learn after that, but if you can focus on the essentials now, you'll be able to grow without stress.
Thank you! I will look it up - unless you have the post url handy? ;-)
Found it!!! Thanks again!