I am sick of all the smns that say that a smn that did not do the lvl 20 mini fights fail. SMN was my first Advance job I unlocked though took sometime for me to get it to 75 since I prefer to have all spells before I take a job further.

I wound up getting them by helping people get them and walking there on my DRG75. I did not take my smn to a ASTRAL BURN until I got 75. I soloed the primes everyday once I got SMN75 for the easy 60k. I loved kitting Bombs in Ifrit's Cauldron. I never went to a pty that wanted me to main heal. Though I did not do the mini fights I DID learn the the job from soloing.