Experience is more important. A course will set you up to start on a path, you yourself have to gain experience.
Like was said, some corse courses will be very valuable, others are just money makers. When it comes to balancing these always use logic and think through possibilities. Sometimes operators will not allow people to do cetain dives without certain certs. These are the general onse to go for, the others knowledge can be gained through study, exprience, working/diving with other experienced divers.
But experience is not a substitute for knowledge, in this case they go hand in hand. What I am trying to say is that you should not be going off trying to gain experience in something just like that, study, learn the background first and then start small/slow... gradually building up. If that background knowledge comes from books, a course or somewhare else, make sure it is correct
Like was said, some corse courses will be very valuable, others are just money makers. When it comes to balancing these always use logic and think through possibilities. Sometimes operators will not allow people to do cetain dives without certain certs. These are the general onse to go for, the others knowledge can be gained through study, exprience, working/diving with other experienced divers.
But experience is not a substitute for knowledge, in this case they go hand in hand. What I am trying to say is that you should not be going off trying to gain experience in something just like that, study, learn the background first and then start small/slow... gradually building up. If that background knowledge comes from books, a course or somewhare else, make sure it is correct