When Bitcoin experiences a price drop altcoins also experience bear market too. It would not be wise to buy an altcoins in a Bitcoin bear market. As a newbie, I'll hold my coins and worker harder to get more funds to in invest in Bitcoin weekly.
Nope that's a very bad idea. Yes Bitcoin most times influences the price of other crypto or altcoins in the market (they seems to be altered by the speculation of Bitcoins bull) but yet, not all the time will they rise again even when Bitcoins price had recovered from a recent bear. Asking someone to get altcoins when there a bear is like telling him to invest in a no future investment and there's no guarantee they will also recover. Bull or bear, the best investment is Bitcoin and it still stands. If you are a long term holder and a true believer of Bitcoin, the you won't have issues holding for longer periods of bear.
Bear season is even the best time to purchase Bitcoin as you are vet sure that it's price will recover after some periods of time. Don't be fooled by volatile movement of Bitcoins price or speculation of altcoins in then market.