In article , Jeff wrote:

Another thing, alot of people wont fly with an instructor after getting their
rating, personally, if I see some good wicked weather, I will call my
instructor and see if he wants to fly. My goal is to get experience in all
kinds of different weather, do all the flying my self, just have him with me
incase things get out of hand.

One of the things you should learn from obtaining your instrument
rating is determining how to interpret what you see on the computer
screen or what the briefer tells you. Flying off into the grey without
at least seeing a picture is a good way to terminate a flight
prematurely. Are you willing to fly into an area forecast to have
thunderstorms and towering cumulus without any weather detection
equipment on board? If the airspace is busy, don't expect ATC to hold
your hand and guide you through the rough patches. There comes a time
when you have to know when to put it on the ground and get better
information. How dark does it have to get in the middle of the day
before you realize you are in over your head?

the key to good instrument training is to have a good instructor who is
experienced in hard IFR and knows what you can fly into safely.

Correct.