Plenty of good advice has been offered; though as far as continued education, don't discount the value of an A&P certificate. It is finally being recognized as at least the equivalent of an AA degree by many companies and it is a major feather in your cap for landing a pilot job. It is especially desireable from the lowest entry level job to the top of the corporate world. It also shows that you can perform, at least, some minor maintenance, save them from getting ripped in a shop, supervise maintenence away from base, and that you really know what makes the aircraft tick, or not tick... If you want to fly in the corporate world; you could get your flying ratings and a job in corporate maintenance department, earn the A&P there if you don't already have it, then you are pretty much a shoe in...