I don't have any rating beyond PPL, and less than 200 hours...However, when i embark on aviation as a career I'll be going the CFI route after my training...You don't know something unless you can teach it...I've been involved with IT / telecommunications for over 15 years and learned more those minutes/hours/days/weeks I was working as a school house instructor/shift supervisor / training NCO or just putting together a training plan for the rest of my shop on a piece of equipment or new testing procedure...When you teach you have to know your stuff cold - its a credibility issue, someone is counting on you to know what you are doing so they can feel comfortable when they try to learn by your actions/inputs...Your student has to know his teacher knows what they are talking about...If you don't know something - you need to say you don't know - research it - and get the answer for the student...You'll learn more about yourself and the subject matter teaching than you ever will in groundschool or in the psychologists office...

You'll gain that experience and confidence as you teach...No one is born with the confidence and knowledge to get out there and start teaching...Get your CFI / instruments CFI on SE/ME and then you'll start to develop as a pilot and really learn about aviation...

-LA