I was hired at USAir in 1999 with no turbine PIC. In retrospect, accepting it was the worst decision I could have made. When I was furloughed several years later I was unqualified to apply at any of the few airlines still hiring and, as a result, ended up at the bottom of a regional.

Better to gain the minimum qualifications than to regret not having done so later. I ended up having almost 9000 TT and it taking almost 10 years after my first airline job before I got 1000 pic turbine.