Comment by rfgplk

> like seriously what kind of step by step projects or learning experiences in increasing order of difficulty do you recommend to get really really good at c++

I'm not sure if you're personally interested in this, but the main way I learned is by writing my own game engine (Casey Muratori's Handmade Hero-style) and writing mods for games (even by reverse engineering). It actually teaches you almost everything you need to know both from a language perspective AND it forces you to understand each individual step of how a program works (input/audio/networking/graphics/logic). You can go step-by-step mastering each thing as you go.