. . . and if that person has used 'P' mode, (even just once), a pinch of salt would be in order . . .
Brian, if the thought of full manual is a little daunting, a lot of people use Aperture Priority but consciously select exposure compensation (EC) appropriately for each and every shot.
By the way, that is really no different to setting the aperture in manual (for depth of focus or other preference) and then cranking the shutter speed around to where the metering shows what you
would have set the EC to in Aperture Priority.
With what I've seen of your shooting, like myself you have little use for shutter priority I would have thought.
Now you should know how to suck eggs!