One of the things I never understood in the red pill was that you should focus on building your career and personality first, in order to have success with women in your mid/late thirties. I would argue that that is a very wrong approach, and can cause you negative effects varying from frustration to not being able to get a quality woman for an LTR, ever.
Let's be real here - the average male life expectancy around the world is 80 years and change (google it). 73 y.o. for the US. So there should be no excuse for not having experience with women in your whole first half of your life.
You should be prepared way before that. One of the issues that we can see that the red pill has actually created is 30 something men, who are either just getting started with dating or being red pilled.
One of my most successful classmates lost his virginity at 14, had an LTR or two afterwards, and was constantly replacing women (perhaps even running rotations), until he met a woman that satisfied all his requirements at 25, and had a kid at 27-28 with her. He also was progressing at work (currently mid management), and built his career simultaneously. I do not see a real reason why these cannot be done together. If you do not have enough time in your schedule - just cut off social media, youtube, tv, pc games or whatever sedation you have.
Contrary to him, I purposedly almost did not deal with women in my 20s (for various reasons), and have just started in my early 30s. I can say that this was one of the biggest mistakes in my life. Putting twice or thrice the effort for women or financial markets to make up for lost time won't net you double or triple results.
There's a saying - "There is a time and place for everything". A man should know when to start, when to be player, when to start selecting, when to select. Looking back, I should have been more extroverted and started dealing with women in my mid teens, and look for an LTR in my mid 20s. That makes plenty of time for building experience, and most importantly - choosing from women that have a better chance of being less damaged and easier to pair bond.
One of the biggest celebrities in the pick up communities (and a day game titan) - Paul Janka said in a recent podcast that his biggest regret was having a daughter at 39-40, because his father was already too old and saw her only once before he passed away.