Quote Originally Posted by amtrosie View Post
Get some experience! The best teacher is experience. It can not be replaced, or sped up. To enter into a leadership program (and cert.) with minimal experience shortchanges every one, especially yourself.

It would be my advise to seek advanced courses, and not the PADI bouyancy plus crap either. Do the wreck, deep, etc. type courses. They will expose you to different aspects of diving and expand your horizons.

The other thing about leadership courses, they start to take away from the total joy of diving. Dive for fun for a while, before you become a slave to the sport.
Very well put! Ditto!