Welcome aboard I am a newbie also (got my cutter about 6 months ago) every question I have ever had has gotten answered here and sometimes within minutes. Because of that my skills have grown to give me more confidence to take on more jobs.
I have done all small jobs since and my name is already out there and talking about my work. Without even advertising I got a call from a friend of mine who was asked about me from a local small / medium city police department that they are interested in me taking over the letter of all department vehicles. They just received 20 new vehicles that will need to be done soon to get on the street and they want some sort of re-lettering done to their entire fleet (about 100 cars) because all precints are being re-named.