Moving up when starting out

I have been playing for about 5 months and am studying the books. I started off with .25 cent tables and then when I had some downswings went to the .05 cent tables to learn the concepts while gradually increasing my bankroll. After a recent brief few days foray back up to the .25 cent tables I found, as was before, a maybe tighter and maybe more experienced group of players but I learned more there in just a short time but it was costly in confidence and bankroll when I had a run of "bad luck". Maybe I was being outplayed for my level but it's hard to get that experience at the .05 cent tables. I guess switching back and forth so that I play enough games to get additional experience at learning the basic concepts at the lower tables plus the experience with better players and playing tighter maybe myself when the conditions call for it is the answer. I see other players doing that, at times, too. Any comments?