The canonical way to "work your way up" nowadays is to get into RED. Once you get to a certain user class, you'll find that there's a path to lots of categories. Getting into trackers takes a bit of dedication, but it pays off and does not require your ongoing attention once you're set.

Usually one of the following ways:

1) know someone who is already on the inside, who has earned enough reputation to get some invites, or

2) Idle in some IRC channel for anywhere from a few days to a few months, and then pass some quiz/interview to make sure you know the basics of torrent etiquette and such

Adding an email address to your HN profile would be a good start.