In fact, I would advise newbies to stay away from altcoins and only invest in Bitcoin in order to be on the safe side of the game, as there will be many shitcoins that will not recover after this bear market.
As a beginner, don't be overly eager to invest in any project without conducting your own thorough research.
I used to be a big fan of altcoins until I got my portfolio busted when so many of these altcoins tun to shitcoins, many of us here are looking for the next big thing and we want not to be a whale but early birds of the coin that many of us think will be the next big thing like Ethereum, Binance and all the other coins on top when they are started out.
But the fact still remains that it's Bitcoin that still rules the market and it should be the coin that you have a large percentage in your portfolio.
Stop chasing quicksilver you will only risk losing your investment.