First you undercut your "colleagues" by doing 10 events for free
then you proceeded to request know-how (that some times takes years to acquire) without offering anything in return
then you rage...
Doesn't seem the healthy way to go.
If from the start you'd have befriended 1 or 2, and offered assistantship (this could be even paid!) So you could shadow them and learn on the go, and join a local group (there's always at least one), maybe you've gotten somewhere.
All I read is that you feel entitled to get critical info from your future competition.
Let me get this straight:
Doesn't seem the healthy way to go.
If from the start you'd have befriended 1 or 2, and offered assistantship (this could be even paid!) So you could shadow them and learn on the go, and join a local group (there's always at least one), maybe you've gotten somewhere.
All I read is that you feel entitled to get critical info from your future competition.
Yeah... Pass.