Of course the answer for OP is reading and working through taocp, that practice makes you better which is why Knuth spent his life writing these books even if t

Of course the answer for OP is reading and working through taocp, that practice makes you better which is why Knuth spent his life writing these books even if technically, they are as the Knuth states just a study of 'alg a compared to alg b' the byproduct is more practice that OP is looking for.