Isn't that to some degree most of our goals? Career, more money, and time off? What's your time frame for getting paid the most? Drug smuggling might be the highest short term pay if you're looking at a couple of days timeline and sitting in jail for decades isn't a concern. If you're looking at decades become a CFI, go to a regional, and get a major airline job.
If you think there's some magic plan to become rich beyond your wildest dreams, in the shortest time possible, as a pilot in an easy cush job that no one else knows about OR is going to tell some unknown guy on the internet vs their best friend or their best friend's son, you're dreaming. Each job path has pluses and minuses. Go to China as a low time guy and reduce your odds of getting hired in the U.S. Or just suck it up and chip away at the standard career development path that would have you at a major airline in 6-10 years if you're a normal/typical candidate.