yeah i hear what your saying, i didn't see much point in saying i kept/killed guppies as a 5 yo, but thats because most of my experience is in marine and i dont think i learned really anything proper about fish keeping until my uncles set me up.
But on the other hand I can see if your someone who has been keeping various aspects of FW for 10 years but only reefing for 6 months, you wouldn't want to be seen in the same respect as someone who has gone out one weekend and thought they are pretty lets try keeping a reef tank (no offense to anyone that falls into this category).