Me too newbie but not noob xD
Im still mining bitcoin because I have long term faith in it much more so than I do alt coins. I know i could gain more btc by mining a lucky coin for a while and trading back to btc but that seems a bit hopeful, and possibly even damaging to the overall health of crypto. To make money trading someone has to lose something, but to mine bitcoin and hold no one is loosing exept the person who waited so long to try and finally buy bitcoin.