I have a stick welder, and a torch. Never bought a wire feed welder. One of my friends is a professional welder. He has his own business. We went to visit and he showed me a current project he is doing on some stainless steel fabrication. It would make any beginner feel like a klutz to see his welds. He said when he delivers the pieces the employees at the shop butting them together all come over and oooh and ahhh.
This is part of the heater system next to the muffler on my 911. The piece was cracks and needed welding. I hit it with a wire brush to clean it up for him. It took him a couple of minutes to weld it. He did it a little better than I would have.
I did not want it to look like this.