All that stuff about jobs is future pain - you won't get any job without a licence, so concentrate on that first. In this industry you have to think a year or so (maybe 2) ahead, and even then you can be taken by surprise. I have seen the job market turn around both ways inside a week. What Capt Pit Bull says is sound advice, although I wouldn't underestimate comms
. Just bear in mind that some authorities apply the
recommended 18 months for studying as a criteria as well. The UK authorities never bothered with it but the Germans (and possibly Austro in my experience) do. So you can't wait too long to take the last exam.