If you are looking for a way to acquire Cryptocurrencies then there are different ways you can have it.
Trading: you can trade in crypto and earn from there.
Investment: you can buy cryptocurrency and hodle it for a long period of time and it is mature to your satisfaction then you can sell it.
Bounty campaign: you can join any signature campaign and participate in it and earn from there and also from free donators. But investing in it is the best way to acquire.
I may not know the kind of trading you are suggesting for him to do but whatever trade it is I don't think it will be nice for a newbie to go into trading that is very risky for him cause he is yet to get some knowledge and understanding on how those things works. However, he can easily lose his money while trading and that can lead to frustration and as well make him have a bad perspective concerning this forum and the members. If expert traders can make losses then who's newbie in the market. Investing and holding will be ok for him but bounty campaign won't be so fast for him cause there a criteria he is suppose to meet before he can participate.
Advising a newbie to start with trading I don't think if it is a good idea, moreover with the way op sounded I don't even think if he has full knowledge about crypto investment. recommending him to go into trading is like embarking on a new journey, you know trading is very different from crypto Investment trading requires a lot of knowledge and also some strategies to take, but for crypto investment more especially bitcoin it doesn't requires a lot of knowledge and is also less risky and it can never be compared with other Investment, so I was thinking you will recommend him to bitcoin investment.