I think what chuckolamofola is trying to say in his roundabout way is; get an education. Do it somehow, but do not just get a flying licence.
A friend of mine with hours in the thousands on interesting machines applied to several American companies and on all the application forms it stated that college education was a pre-requisite for application. No graduate- no job. Maybe unfair to those who came up from the hangar floor but hey, they are the ones writing the rules.
It will get even more selective in the future, so if there are two of you going for the same job, both same hours, one graduate one not, you know who will get the job.
As chuck said, a trade will also do. (Pilots with engineers A&C or LAME depending on the country are very employable in the bush/bundoo). Just get something apart from a licence or you will have the world stacked against you.
Being young, we do not expect you to take this advice. But we tried...
[edited by moosp for slow thinking...]