For me it was about to 2 years to get to the level of “if I can imagine the algorithm I have no doubt I can implement it”, but that was gradual and there are ma

For me it was about to 2 years to get to the level of “if I can imagine the algorithm I have no doubt I can implement it”, but that was gradual and there are many more levels such as being able to code to a standard style or idiom, I would hesitate to identify an aha moment, but if there were one it would be after doing 2 online algorithms courses from Princeton and Stanford.