Not bagging on you, but "back in the day" people understood that they would have to probably have to instruct and starve for two years before they found a 135 job, then starve for another year or two before the made it to a "commuter" (as they used to be known), then spend another several years there before they might have the opportunity to move on to a ACMI, major carrier, or corporate job. Note that barely getting by for four years or so was pretty much just accepted as the price of entry. The difference then was there was real career progression - not so much now with commuters having morphed into regionals and then spreading everywhere like crabgrass.

Too many people have entered the profession having only looked at the last couple of years, and have come to feel entitled to an RJ seat a 500 hours (again, not directed at you).

Sad but plausible. One can only hope that when that douche from the RAA (Roger Cohen?) starts flapping his gums, that there is a very loud cry pointing out that the only shortage that exists is of experienced pilots willing to work for $25,000 per annum.