I started to use bitcoin 2 years back when I saw that my friend was earning from signature campaign and faucets so I asked him how he is managing to do that and he showed me the different ways to earn it.
I started late than you,may be just below i year ago i came to bitcoin world but same as you as my friend recommended it who was using faucets and also i came to this forum bit late after wasting some of my months on faucets.