Thank you for the advice so far.
I wish I had the ability to get into mining. Seem like the best way to make money doing this. Otherwise it seems like luck.
Mining is not really worthwhile anymore, except for the "big boys".
But if you read up more about how Bitcoin works, and start to understand the enormous possibilities, I think you'll realize that the best way to make money is to grow the community and the Bitcoin protocol by:
A) buying Bitcoin
B) educating people about Bitcoin
C) start a Bitcoin business or, if you're a programmer, build upon the protocol to make it even better (no, Bitcoin isn't just a currency - it's a decentralized open source protocol upon which you can create awesome stuff, just like TCP/IP and HTTP)
D) spend Bitcoin to create a thriving economy
All of these things will increase its value, and with that - the price.