Regularly solve problems! Try making minimal implementations of things you're interested in. I've implemented toy versions of lots of things just to learn how t

Regularly solve problems! Try making minimal implementations of things you're interested in. I've implemented toy versions of lots of things just to learn how they work. I always start off thinking it'll be easy, and every single time I'm amazed by the number of details and edge cases involved. It's usually where you'll get exposed to more interesting algorithms, since most applications are able to leverage libraries which usually hides the magic.