spent my first thousand hours as a VFR pilot in awe of people with an IR - the well kept secret is that instrument flying is actually much easier!
Um... ..indeed it can appear to be a POP until you have to handle a genuine IFR day with departures in icing conditions ..and even on a heavy with nearly 20,000 hours under your belt and you are juggling slot times, holdover times etc it is not easy
But if you think being an an IFR pilot it is merely a case of flying a and tracking plus or minus 5 degrees on a good day ...fill your boots..but you are wrong...