Welcome to Steemit @randycool279 :)
Wow you are quite the Tech Wizard! You're one smart fella for investing in bitcoin when it was still so cheap! I'm learning how to program right now, so I'll give you a follow to see what you post in that area! What languages do you know?
I'm new to Steemit too and joined a week ago! I ended up gaining more than 100 followers in that week and if you wanna know how I did it, check out this post https://steemit.com/steemit/@blaisep/how-to-gain-over-100-followers-in-less-than-1-week-on-steemit
Hopefully you'll find some value in it!