Been there, done that trying to get the twin-turbine time..

Back in the mid 1980s I was flying C-207s and C-402s in bush Alaska, interesting flying for sure but the winters were long and dark,
Took a short vacation on St. Croix in January, saw a nice looking Twin Otter on floats at the city docks in Christiansted Harbor.
Walked over to take a closer look and asked the ticker agent if they needed pilots?
He said, yeah we are desperate for a co-pilot but nobody has a twin seaplane rating…
Told him I had such a rating in my pocket. (Picked it up the year before at Jack Browns Seaplane base in Florida for fun)
The ticket agent called the boss immediately and I was hired on the spot, no interview or resume necessary.

Long story short, 6 months later I had 500 hours twin turbine and twin seaplane time and lots of fun doing 16 takeoffs and 16 landings
a day. 2 days on, 2 days off, 96 hours per month.
The company folded but we stayed in the islands and I flew Twin Otter Captain for 1 company, DC-3 Captain for another while living
on a sailboat and cruising the islands on days off.
A few years later I got the I itch for big shiny jets and got hired by Evergreen, DC-8-73 F/O.

Moral of the story, things can happen fast if you are prepared, flexible and ready to jump.