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Kudos on trying something new.

However, please realize that it's a bit naive to think that you get extremely good at anything non-trivial in 6 months.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Outliers_(book)

I don't think you can get good at anything non-trivial. I think you can become average. That's why I recommended in the article to start working in teams and on real projects. That's when the real growth happens, and that's why you want to get hired as soon as possible. From there, you're on equal footing with everyone else and the rest is ambition.

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