Invest in multiple sets of steel, go to your spot once every few months and you’re golden.
Avoid chain stores like the plague, or the ‘rona, the norm is a shitty sharpening from a kid who doesn’t have a clue.
Outside of justifying this because I’m a gear whore, if part of my enjoyment of being on the ice is directly correlated to my comfort & confidence from a skate sharpening, then so be it I’m only taking my skates to my guy and getting them done right.