Originally Posted by
Duck Pilot
Get the IFR rating if you’ve got the dollars now before heading up,
As some others have indicated, it will make you a safer pilot and certainly more employable, although I wouldn’t expect to get paid for having the rating for your first job.
Good luck and their are certainly jobs up here in Darwin right now for low time pilots.
Check your PM for a heads up.
Exactly this 🙌
And relevant single engine time (5-10 hours) will trump IFR time initially. No operator is going to let you fly IFR without substantial training so you'll get your hours up when that time comes.