Hello and thanks for the excellent introduction post!

I gave you a 100% upvote for a couple more reputation. Since you are new, please check out an old post of mine written to help onboard new people:

https://steemit.com/steemit/@finnian/welcome-new-steemian-account-creation-steps-introduction-and-tips

Definitely at least look into setting up GINAbot. It will help a ton to find the people and content you want.