blaurebell wrote:I wish this discussion wouldn't come up *every single time* someone mentions any kind of numbers. Yeah, we don't really know, but a ballpark guesstimate is still more helpful to the OP than "We don't know, figure it out for yourself!"
It's your opinion that ballpark numbers which are not based on the OP's situation are helpful. The reason this comes up every single time someone says "about this many hours" is because of how far that estimate may be from reality. It is rather painful to watch someone track their first 600-1000 hours expecting advanced skills at the end only to realize they are still really far from that goal.