A wise man once said that effort and time to build knowledge and skill is expressed in powers of 10 times 2.

2 hours please
20 hours tease
200 hours ease ?
2000 hours appease
20000 hours release ?

When against your nature:

2 hours unease
20 hours cease ?
200 hours displease
2000 hours disease
20000 hours decease ?

Not to scare you, but it's not different with any computer language in my opinion. Let alone the effort one has to put into writing logically. Likewise knowledge of language is insufficient to write an essay...

200 hours looks a fair figure to get things going, amateur level I guess, while 2000 is closer to semi-professional. Some people are faster than others of course.

Rusty