Here is some food for thought. "You're only one bird strike away from a battlefield promotion to Captain. Do you feel ready for that responsibility?"

Imagine it: You're making a night time, full-procedure ILS approach into a special airport that is nestled in between two mountain ranges. You've just past the FAF and have made the final configuration changes. You start down the pipe very stabilized. About 20 seconds past the FAF, the windshield shatters in front of the Captain. You've taken a bird through the windshield. In the hysteria that follows, you realize that your #1 engine is winding down as you ear the tell-tale signs of an engine coughing with severe engine damage. The remainder of the flock that didn't go into your windshield - found your left engine. The wind noise is horrendous. The captain is unresponsive to your repeated shouts for assistance. Your ILS starts to look more like a sword fight rather than a stabilized approach. Your airspeed begins to drop like a rock and you can't figure out why it's falling? You're now flying a CRJ, single-pilot and with only one engine turning. Then you think that you're still configued for a twin-engine approach and that you aren't configured for a single engine approach. You elect to make a missed approach. You finally get the aircraft to some degree - stabilized. You're able to hold altitude when all of the sudden you hear your sim instructor in the back of your mind yelling: "TOGA, GO AROUND THRUST, FLAPS 8, POSITIVE RATE, GEAR UP, SPEED MODE, BUG V2, WHITE NEEDLES, AUTO-TUNE, GOOD PICTURE, NAV!" Your training saves the day on this missed approach. You finally get configured as you limp into your climb. You finally get everything established and enable the auto-pilot. You hit enroute speed, level off, bring the flaps up and climb toward your missed approach fix. You enter the published hold and complete the appropriate checklists. You brief the cabin crew of the situation, the type of landing they should expect and if there is going to be a planned evacuation upon landing. Since you have your hands full, you request that ATC relay a message to your company regarding your situation. You request that ATC get the fire equipment and ambulances rolling for your pending approach. All check lists are now complete. You take a deep breath and leave the fix inbound for the toughest approach and landing of your very short career......do you feel ready?

In your answer to this scenario, I think you'll find the answer to your question...

Never be afraid to put in the hard work to get where you are going. It's good to do the tough work in your career. It helps remind you where you've been and where you're going. There are a lot of lessons learned in the first 1500 hours of total time...even more if you have been an instructor during that time.