How would I start mining I have around $10000 to invest into it and would like some recommendations where to get started.

Buy mining gadget that mine at a higher rate like 30m/s scrypt or 400 gh/s, you will enjoy your mining and quick return on your investments.

Quick return on your investments? I bet you must have used some very low difficulty increase % in the calculation of your expected return...

I bet he did not even calculate difficulty increasment