Originally Posted by PaulBarnard
... Reality is that few people I know in any profession work in their own time to get better at their profession. ..


There are those that don't much need to but still do -
and those that clearly do need to - but don't.

Originally Posted by PaulBarnard

... Frankly, I am not very good at independent learning. I do much better in a classroom or master/apprentice relationship.


Good grief, you sound like a below average person.

-Bulletproof and Waterproof don't mean Idiotproof.