I have experienced the bitter side of Cryptocurrency and now I don't need someone to tell me that crypto can bite. Moving forward I would pay more attention to learning and asking questions too, all I can say to the newbies is that grow your brain before you try to grow your portfolio.
This is correct.
Most of the newbies are asking what coins should they invest, but they don't know why they choose those coins because they just blatantly choosing it from other person picks without actually researching why and what are the reasons behind this and then they blame crypto because it's "bla bla bla". That's what common newbies actually are in my experience.
Do some research first before doing anything even you pick it from other person, so you can actually learn and try it by yourself once you are ready.