diff --git a/data_structures/linked_lists/1_omit_first_n/omit_first_n.py b/data_structures/linked_lists/1_omit_first_n/omit_first_n.py
index d318c2bf..aeb1cbca 100644
--- a/data_structures/linked_lists/1_omit_first_n/omit_first_n.py
+++ b/data_structures/linked_lists/1_omit_first_n/omit_first_n.py
@@ -1,20 +1,22 @@
+from typing import Optional
+
 # A LinkedList is either:
 # None
 # Node
 
+
 class Node:
     # first: int
     # rest: LinkedList
-    def __init__(self, first, rest = None):
+    def __init__(self, first: int, rest = None) -> None:
         self.first = first
         self.rest = rest
 
-# Write a function called omit_first_n that consumes a LinkedList ll and an integer n. The function returns a LinkedList with the first n elements omitted or None if n > len(ll)
+    def __len__(self) -> int:
+        return 1 if self.rest is None else 1 + len(self.rest)
+
+
+# Write a function called omit_first_n that consumes a LinkedList linked_list and an integer n. The function returns a LinkedList with the first n elements omitted or None if n > len(ll)
 # omit_first_n(Node(1, Node(2, Node(3, None))), 2) -> Node(3, None)
-def omit_first_n(ll, n):
-    if n == 0:
-        return ll
-    elif ll == None:
-        return None
-    else:
-        return omit_first_n(ll.rest, n-1)
+def omit_first_n(linked_list: Optional[Node], n: int) -> Optional[Node]:
+    return linked_list if n == 0 or linked_list is None else omit_first_n(linked_list.rest, n - 1)