Mining for Beginners!

Being new to Mining .. and not knowing too much about Crypto Currencies at the beginning of April I was so stoked .. Now I am going to make money like crazy!

But now , being less of a newbie and a little bit more knowledgeable I pose to you the question... Will we get Rich using Bitcoin and Altcoins.. or is it simply a means to keep us occupied while bigger things are happening financialy.

For me , being a South African where the Electricity and Electronics are expensive I have to think twice , maybe thrice on how and what to mine. I eventualy came across a video on Youtube about Nicehash and how easy it was to start getting paid..

so i went to the site and downloaded the miner.. expected to get rich. Did not realy understand what it was doing.. but noticed the word Cryptonight...

and a Funny Little Symbol.. Like this...

I then read up more on the symbol and word and discovered that it was in fact a Crypto currency named Monero. After some more reading and searching I finaly got to the conclusion that THIS was THEEEE currency to mine and get rich!.

So off I went in search of a pool... and software. I can honestly say that I am the owner now if 2 XMR... but I end up asking myself, is it realy worth it? spending so much time , cooling my notebook and PC using fans .. what does the future of Crypto Coins hold. Is it the Future?