I think it's hard to say because there are so many variables. Your content will play a big factor and then there are so many strategies to choose from.
One thing I'd like to know from more people, do you find curation rewards or author rewards are stronger for newbs? I'm sure even this depends a lot on strategy, but generally speaking?
Well according to my stats I've gotten almost 99.9% of my rewards from authoring. I have been curating as well but I have very little curation rewards. I think it also depends on the number of followers you have. Maybe but not always. I've seen some accounts on steemwhales who have huge curation rewards and almost no flowers. So I think it really depends.
You need a lot of power to get good rewards in curation. Your much better off authoring posts because you will earn at least a few cents just from my votes alone :)
Ayyy thanks dood! :P