Climb out of the Bronze V swamp

What up everyone.

I just completed the latest game in the never ending struggle to climb first out of Bronze V, and then bronze all together.

It did not go well.

And after experiencing so many of these disappointing outcomes one can get a bit cynical of the prospect of ever climbing up to a higher elo.

So I just wanted to throw some feelers out there and pose this question to the community:

How many of you started in Bronze V and managed to end in a higher division/elo by seasons end, and if so, where are you now?