Learn how to securely store your coins first. Then familiarize yourself with some of the more respectable exchanges. Learn how to read order books and how limit / market orders work. Then buy yourself an amount of coins that you feel comfortable with, even if BTC loses all its value. Withdraw it to your wallet, forget about BTC for 4-5 years and profit once the next halving occurs.

Don't bother with faucets, they are a waste of time. Trade alts only if you feel like gambling. And read this:

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1629118.0