I find this topic very interesting. I dive with a guy who has been diving for 11 years, 5 OW certified. he owned all of his gear and 6 tanks before he got his card. I still don't think he could use a table effectively. He dives 12-15 times a month in season, although it is never over 55-60 feet. I would guess he has 600 unlogged dives. He dives until he has 300 pounds of pressure, but says he doesn't look at his gauge, he can feel in his reg when it is time to ascend. He dives like he was born underwater.
I don't want anyone to mis-interpret that I am condoning his dive behavior. He is just the classic example of all experience and no training. He "knows" things we all learned in our training, yet he doesn't know anything about the physics of diving. It is just a feel thing for him. It is inevitable that he is going to get hurt, and I am trying to help him understand the risk issues that he is exposing himself to, making him do longer surface intervals and pay a little attention to his time at depths, instead of just staying down until the air is gone, and staying up long enough to strap on another tank and have a pack of nabs, a sprite and a cigarette. Some guys just think they are "immunized" against danger.
I got my AOW this past summer after 80 something dives. It was a piece of cake, and I found that the principles that I learned in OW class made a lot more sense when I expanded upon them in AOW after having a fair amount of bottom time. I think it is silly that you could call yourself "Advanced" after 12 dives or so. I don't think there is anything wrong with continuing your education quickly, but only with the understanding that only training coupled with experience can make you an advanced diver.