Don't get hung up on the details.... Centerline thrust, whatever.

Get the certificates, all of them as fast and as cheaply as possible. Everyone knows you can fly. What you need are boxes checked on your application to get seen sooner. Go through that app, start filling in what you can first, then work on others. Don't go overboard and go get a multi engine seaplane rating unless you're into that.... But you get the idea.