Bounty is indeed give huge amount of money (sometime) if they are lucky enough to choose the right project. But the possibility to earn small amount is higher. You need to ask your friend how they could earn huge from bounties. Hopefully your friends are not those who usually abuse bounties by using multi accounts.
Presently bounty is not a very best idea unless one is able to pick spot some of the best projects out of the numerous ICO program. Instead if one start focusing and learning on trading or investing in crypto markets chances are that they can earn much better money on regular basis.