I think there are many things to consider to become a pro. Time, experienced and as well as failures can be a factors to become a pro. In cryotocurrency you have to need time to study and learn all the mabdatory aspects and initiate what you want and the product would be experience, sometimes you fail, however you would come up a lesson to be learned and by that the next time you try could be your greatest achivement in cryptocurrency.
Indeed, being a pro is having a wise statistics to deal every possible consequences, there were methods to become a pro, being successful and failure acceptance will be able to lead you as a pro. And being a pro is not about how long it will take, but how our skills and wisdom manage the conclusion.