I flight instructed at a small FBO till about 550 hrs and then got on with a 135/141 company in HI, and started logging tons of time broke 1000TT and decided that I needed to finish a four year degree now or I never would, because some bigger opportunity was presenting itself, now going to school full time with instruction and VFR Charters on the side. Would never give up those experiences for a RJ FO gig. Its worth way more, besides if I'd gone Regional I would probably be out of a job right now. But instead I have a bunch of 135/CFI experience over 1450TT 1300PIC and have started looking under rocks for 135 IFR jobs. Been flying professionally for 2 years in september of this year.