You'd be surprised, it may not take quite that long. With something like Chisel you can create that idea with little friction. Plus, it's "just" Scala so if you

You'd be surprised, it may not take quite that long. With something like Chisel you can create that idea with little friction. Plus, it's "just" Scala so if you already know that it's a lot easier than, say, learning Verilog which has a very different syntax.