True dat, the "oceans of garbage".  I've done 3 deep dives, once each year in 18, 19, and 20.  I lurked for a long time before my first deep dive, and between what I was thinking and what I was hearing on this same board, I was convinced that the time and effort required for success in the sugar bowl was probably more than I wanted to bargain with.  I remember chiming in a few times here with thumbs down comments.  But once I got my feet wet with a month of paid SA, and I met that first one where we clicked right off the bat and it just kept getting better and better (lasted a year), my tune changed.  Over time I've refined my approach.  My last deep dive was like skimming an air boat over a swamp, and I went 3 for 3.  That's no guarantee of future success, but at the moment, my perspective is that it has been awesome...no regrets!