Guild Wars 2

Is there any benefit to leveling crafting? Even if I were to max out them later?

Hey everyone, could use some tips and a question answered.

I’m on my first character which is an engineer and doing Leatherworking and Huntsmen. Is it just me not being good at it or is it normal to find higher tier items that I can’t use until a much later level? It seems to me leveling these particular professions is fairly slow. Unless of course, I’m just bad. In which case I’d like some tips on how to effectively farm and level my crafts. Im level 23 and I’m just breaking level 40 on both my crafts and it feels like I’m way more behind then I should be.

Anything anyone could offer would be very helpful. Im completely new to guildwars.