Your article seems to be very helpful for newbie. Since I registered my BTT account, I mainly watched bitcoin discussion and occasionally browsed the bounty section, but I found that the bounty is not friendly to newbie.
Of course, I think doing something that is helpful to the forum can get a better rank.
You are right but you are going to reach junior member rank in a short time and you can start participating bounties. If you have too many friend or followers on Facebook/Twitter, you can get some money. I got 2500 dollars from one of the bounties that I participated and my rank was just Junior Member. Do not be hesitative. This is a game of luck.