Enjoyable post. Up-voted and followed, not only because you wrote a good article but because you admitted to being "pretty much noob" which is refreshing. Every man and his dog on here makes themselves out to be the crypto George Soros.
On your post, I too like anonymous coins like Monero and also HODL CloakCoin. CoreCoin is worth a mention too. If I had to recommend an alt to buy right now though, it would be ETH @ around $225.
If we're talking privacy shitcoins, I like Zcoin and Signatum.