In fact, there is no quicker way to upgrade your skills than to invest in quality cookware right from the start. Commercial style stainless steel cookware is the best choice.
Inferior cookware poses problems due to irregular construction and poor heat distribution.
Thus, you have a narrower margin for error. Too often, home cooks confuse the inferior performance of the cooking vessel with their lack of experience. Years ago, stainless steel cookware was shunned by professional chefs because of its lack of uniform heat conductivity. Some manufacturers offered stainless sets with a token copper cladding on the bottom. The consumer assumed the copper improved conductivity, but its thickness was insufficient to make that possible.