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As you said, this is true for any creative community. The most hard core and painful critiques I have ever seen came at a university architecture design show. Ask any theatre performer what they think about the critics.

Do you think the experts at the time thought the Apple computer was very good, or that personal computers in general would be anything more than a toy?

Grow a thick skin, or don't listen to "experts". You won't be around long otherwise.