The words "expert and great success" gets thrown around a lot on these forums but there are no "experts" in a "Hobby". We can call ourselfs experts if we like, but we are not.
My wife once asked her boss for a raise or better position in the firm. He told her, "if you like you can call yourself Vice President, CEO, treasurer or anything else you like and you can even put one of those little plastic signs on your desk calling yourself that. But you are not getting a raise."
I myself am an expert electrician because I have some pieces of paper that call me that. There are no pieces of paper to qualify anyone as an expert in a hobby. No degrees, no fellowships and no doctorates. No one graduated college with a degree that reads "Fish Hobbiest expert".
We can be good at keeping angelfish, goldfish, octopus, aquascaping, chemistry, DIY, coral husbandry, technical aspects etc. But none of us are great at all of those things.
Some of us have more experience and some have more hair, but we all have our weak points in this.
My wife once asked her boss for a raise or better position in the firm. He told her, "if you like you can call yourself Vice President, CEO, treasurer or anything else you like and you can even put one of those little plastic signs on your desk calling yourself that. But you are not getting a raise."
I myself am an expert electrician because I have some pieces of paper that call me that. There are no pieces of paper to qualify anyone as an expert in a hobby. No degrees, no fellowships and no doctorates. No one graduated college with a degree that reads "Fish Hobbiest expert".
We can be good at keeping angelfish, goldfish, octopus, aquascaping, chemistry, DIY, coral husbandry, technical aspects etc. But none of us are great at all of those things.
Some of us have more experience and some have more hair, but we all have our weak points in this.