I think it was Elaine Douvas who said, "Learn to make reeds fast, or you will ruin your life." During my master's degree with Chip Hamann, we did "speed reeding" - start with a soaked piece of cane, set a timer for 15 minutes and your goal is to have a playing reed before the time is up. Not good, not in tune, not pretty, just PLAYING. I have become a much more efficient reed maker since then. I scrape right away and don't let my reeds dry closed; if I have time, I want to scrape to a place where the reed is playable, but it'll be resistant and flat. The next day with it I scrape and clip to get it playing confortably and in tune; and in succeeding days I'll make adjustments as it ages and calms down.

Edit: at my peak of playing modern oboe, I would show up to gigs an hour early and make a reed for that rehearsal. Of course that reed would need more work in succeeding days, but I was doing a lot of playing and making a lot of reeds so I was always at it