So I was wondering, when exactly does someone move past the beginner stage in your eyes?

Example:
I've been shaving since September, I can now get a pretty good shave on most of my face with just my straight. I've honed my dovo back to shaving, and I resurrected a taylors 1000 from butterknifing. Do I cut myself occasionally, yes, are parts of my face not as smooth as I would like, sometimes...

Personally, across the board with all things I learn, I consider myself to be past the beginner stage when I can give meaningful and useful advice to other "beginners." Now some of it is just through my reading and knowledge, not actual practice, but I try to cite that as often as possible when talking to people.

So I can shave... on the other hand, there is an entire world I have not yet learned about, with restorations, honing (on more than a norton 4/8) stropping and compounds, different strokes with the razor, different brushes and methods, new soaps and creams, pre shaves, post shaves, etc etc. really it seems like I will never stop improving my skills and learning.

I'm interested in your thoughts on this, because some people that say they are still beginners are getting great shaves after a few months, some it might take years, some claim to not be beginners, but every shave results in bloodshed!