We don't need sharpening jig-or do we?

Last night I read on a forum, it may have been this one, the idea that you do not need sharpening jigs like the Veritas honing guide to sharpen chisèls and plane blades. The idea being that if you learn the skill of shapening properly then your skill will make the need for such jigs unnecessary.

Now this idea is absolutely correct. Once you have the skill the jigs become unnecessary. However in practice what are people such as myself to do about sharpening while we wait for this skill to develop? I work full time and the time I get in the shed is precious to me and it is limited. When I get into the shed I want to cut wood with sharp tools, immediately. I do not currently have the time to learn the skill and even if I did I could use the time having more fun in other ways. Perhaps when I retire in a few years time I might get a few old chisels and play the jig free game until I master it. But for now I can get and maintain horribly sharp edges in very quick time with a jig and get back to the bench in no time. All power to the fee hand sharpeners but that does not include me for the moment.

I suppose I am a hypocrite because I am playing with sharpening my own saws, with some success, but that is fun.