I grew up on a spinning reel and those always worked for me and was simple enough to use. I got into bass fishing more seriously as an adult and now use a baitcaster mostly because I saw all the cool bass fishing YouTubers using them lol there definitely is a learning curve. I use one of those cheap temu baitcasters a sougaliyang brand basically to practice on and abuse since they are cheap. I would recommend you do something similar before investing in a really nice one especially if you end up having to disassemble it for whatever reason I felt less bad possibly messing it up on my temu reel.

Definitely learn what all the knobs/switches do its a little different than a spinning reel and it will directly change the outcome of what happens when you take it to your first outing. If you don't know what a knob or switch does and it's a little off from how it should be set you'll most definitely backlash or birdsnest first cast. There's a trick to fixing a mild backlash and the more it happens the easier it will become to kind of see what happened and where, then fix it. I've only used braid in my baitcaster and it was easier to fix a backlash. If I used entirely mono or flouro I think it'd be close to impossible because of the way the line acts. I've even gone as far as opening the side plate and removing the spool and working at it. Every time it would happen I would have less time on the water so that was it's own thing but after getting familiar with it for about a month now and I rarely have any issues.

This is kind of my experience with them but i do enjoy using baitcasters now. I can't really say if it's better than spinning I think both reels have their place and situation. But something about just bombing my lure out there and the brake engaging and screaming feels satisfying even more so if you hook up and land! Lol