Don't feel bad about being too late to Bitcoin, you could be me. I found out about Bitcoin in June 2011 from a Slashdot post.
I installed the software to mine on my ATI 4890 and joined mining.bitcoin.cz better known as Slushpool and now called Braiins pool.
Google shows that a 4890 mined at 105.1 Mhash/s which at that time would have earned around 2.05 Bitcoin a month. 24.64 Bitcoin a year.
But did I leave my computer on mining Bitcoin, and learning about how Bitcoin is freedom? No I turned it off without mining any as I saw a reply about "how it wasn't worth it anymore, as you could not receive the block reward multiple times a day anymore."
So don't feel bad that you missed out about Bitcoin in 2017, or 2021. It doesn't matter what Bitcoin was worth then or now in fiat terms. It matters that we keep learning about Bitcoin and sharing it with others. Then one day we can all have economic freedom and savings.