Trading skills are what is developed overtime and if an experienced friend can render you the help to mentor you the process may be faster but that also depends on the level your determination to learn how to trade and if your friend can dedicate the time to give you first-hand lessons and guides you may phase some challenges along the way even if you have the motivation to learn.
as friends, of course, want to teach according to their abilities, and the rest we are personally who should be self-aware to learn the development of trading techniques. lest we actually interfere with friends' time while we are studying. therefore as much as possible we can learn independently and learn in essence only from friends, so we must be able to enjoy the process in order to gain a lot of experience, and after that we can enjoy the results comfortably