Anyone can be a meterologist these days.
No real science in the profession.
Really don't think we need people these days in the business. A few people to run a computer program and send out the forecast. Computer voices or a cartoon animated person on your tv screen
I bet if you ran the average all the top rated weather models, your forecast would have been decent for this storm 12-24 hours out.
Only reason this storm busted, was human emotion got involved. DT is the classic example.