I dont understand the pushback of a person wanting to go through DM course as a beginner. I didnt see in his/her response that they were going to "work as a DM". If they can afford the course, any beginner would reap tons of benefit from studying and completeing a DM course. Telling them to go get a lot of experience and then get your DM certification is like telling a beginner golfer to go play for 2 years and then go take lessons. By the time that 2 years is up, that beginner golfer has a bad swing, leading to no consistiency, gets frustrated that they cant break 100, and basically has to be retaught all of the basics once he gets in the hands of a good instructor to fix his game.
I only use that analogy because too many of you are quick to tell somone not to get a DM right away. Why not? Why not learn all you can learn as eraly in your diving as you can? Whats wrong with that? It seems to me that most of your comments are more in the distrust of a beginner going straight from 0 dives to DM or Instructor and then actually working in the industry. Those points are very valid. I think the issue is, when should a Dm be able to "work as a DM"... Maybe PADI ought to update their certification and offer DM and a seperate certification when you want a job in the industry. Not having to go to more schools but it might be that you have to have 100 dives or more in the area where you intend to be employed. If a DM wants a job in Roatan then he/she should have some level of experience in that dive area.
But back to the original intent of my post... I would encourage anyone who wants to be a better diver to take as many opportunites to learn (in any manner that they can afford) whether you intend to work in the industry or not.