can i hi-jack the thread away from this guy?

im also new to mining, i have about 9k in capital, i work in IT and have access to server rooms in buildings that i work at.

Im thinking i can buy something like a bitmain ant miner s7 batch1
and set it up in one of those server rooms which have ventilation and the cost would be nothing to me. and no one there would know that it doesn't belong there because they're end users lol

i know its kind of evil but hey, im thinking of ways to get ahead.

i see they cost a fuck ton (1800$), is there a better way to get these cheaper?

also, my question is - how can you choose what it is you want to mine?

i think i want to mine monero, and MAID with the ant miner mentioned - would that be profitable with 0 energy cost?

isn't it easier and wiser to mine lesser known altcoins that are expected to make a big splash?

how effective would the ant miner S7 be against ETH and XTC?

THANKS!