With hindisight I can be honest and say that becoming an Instuctor Trainer
etc. wasnt to do with any altruistic motives.
Kept seeing loads of divers who had poor skills and yet still thought any sort
of review after a years absence wasnt for them. It got worse when on the
odd trip decisions were made by those I thought knew better, that would if
anything had happend had seen them in court.
Same people I knew would do stupid depths on air as the first dive of the
season and yes even with new or recently serviced kit.
So add that lot up and I thought I needed to do more and know enough
to tell when I was being fed a line. What better way than to have to demo
skills again and again and again and know your stuff.
Hence becoming an instructor
Nowdays I spend 90% of my time teaching or diving with less experinced
and TBH still get a buzz when you see the beaming smiles.
So yes selfish motives to start with, but very rewarding in the end.