Welcome. I am only replying for the last part of the title where you say you are a little bit late. No body is late, even today. In my opinion, there is still a lot of time for people to join Bitcoin and find out what it is all about before it is truly 'late' for them.
Imagine Bitcoin turns to 250 thousand Dollars per piece. Would you think you have been late to the party? There sure is a difference between 100 Dollars and 250 THOUSAND, but the reason most of us are not exorbitantly rich is that while you can expect Bitcoin to be more valuable in the future, you just never know where the stop is.
Bitcoin is still in its early phase and so everyone who enters bitcoin now cannot be seen late nor early. But even if one gets late, there are still a lot of opportunities waiting ahead for bitcoin so he will still be able to take advantage and grab every opportunity that comes his way. Bitcoin is widely open for everyone, it's up to you how you will maximize your chance with Bitcoin or you will just take one step at time as long as you certainly have a clear goal in the end.