SR2 Reboot: Are the first years always slow?

[DRNewcomb]

I've started playing Reboot. I thought I was pretty good at getting a good start at SR2 but the first few years in Reboot seem really slow. First thing was that I could never get the engine out of the IPX-437 and it looks like the engine it has is not as good as in the original version. Next, the dominators are a lot tougher. So, systems aren't as easy to liberate. It's taken me six years into the game to get a decent start. I now have a largish (>500 cu, 8 pt.) Rapid Housing and a Singular engine that will jump 30 psc. This is way behind where I would have been in the original version.

Are there any new tricks for getting off to a good start or do you just have to slog it out?