I did this a while back. At the time i didn't really think it was worth the hassle as I'd came to it too late. I like to learn so gave it a go for a few months. I tried to mine without being in a pool, that just turned out to be a waste of energy. Joined a pool to end up getting 0.0000002 of a bitcoin or something silly like that. I know it all mounts up and with the prices as high as they are maybe its worth it now, but think it might be worth looking into another cryptocurrency?
In the end I got a virus related to cryptocurrency, was wondering why my net usage was sky high. So in the end I randomised my bitcoin wallet password and formatted. Bet that pissed of the creator of the virus lol. Now thinking about it maybe the virus was laundering virtual currency and i could be worth 100s lol.
My pride had taken a hit as I'm usually kinda careful about viruses and i let my guard down! That was the end of my bitcoin experience!