[sokoloff]

I literally never mentioned my credentials and did say that I mentored. Did you respond to the wrong post, perhaps?

[foxglacier]

I think he means advice to the OP, and your credentials is your experience with students. Nothing wrong with a nice personal story like you posted though, imo.

[godelski]

Someone asked for help and they just talked about themselves. It's fine to do and lead into something like what he learned from that experience and how that might be helpful to the OP but without that advice it is just them talking about themselves. It's just... weird...