there's no baseline skill aside from syntax drills. those are of limited help longterm. if you really want to improve, try learning more advanced math concepts

there's no baseline skill aside from syntax drills. those are of limited help longterm. if you really want to improve, try learning more advanced math concepts and using them in code to solve a problem. a good example would be learning linear algebra to implement the low level primitives and operations for a ray-tracer. Programming over a long term is less about syntax and nore about te meta skill of building something. ANYTHING. just have a goal and work with that goal in mind. you'll get better as you go.