hi, i apologize in advance if this is a stuipd question....but would you recommend starting out w/ the max buyin or the min buyin?

the reason why i'm asking is because i recently started playing on .01/.02 tables that have a min buyin of $1 and a max of $5. orginally, i always sat down with $5 because from what i understand....stack size = strength?. but after playing a few tables and seeing a majority of the people i sit down with start with $1-$2, i'm not sure if that's the correct thing to do anymore.

any advice on the matter? thanks in advance