Thanks for your responses.

So say I feel my work is up to a level that matches others applying for jobs, how do I know that it doesnt take me twice as long as the next person to create the same model/scene, or that my workflow is all wrong and wouldn't fit into a production pipeline.

I still feel I have a way to go before applying for any jobs, but when taching myself I dont know if I am doing things in the 'worng' way or the ' correct' way, or does this not really apply as long as the model/scene takes you X amount of time and is suitable for use?

That post from RFXU's Facebook is realy helpful and has a lot of things that I will remember, and I guess that don't just apply to moddeling reels. I will bear in mind a lot of what was said there when I come to create my own show reel.

Wow thanks for sharing that video NextDesign. What an asome reel I hope mine will become that good one day haha