tigermagicjohn,
It’s true, many pilots do get hired with a self funded rating and hours,
But in your case, don’t waste your time “filling up the whole dam screen”.
As you know the airline industry and the global market went down 2001 to hit the bottom at 2003, now we are in an upturn, (Hopefully many pilots will get hired in the near future without paying for hours) but for how long? Start your training now to get on the train eeh.. plane.
Of course self funded pilots have to pass interviews and sim check just like everyone else, and they don’t magically become bad pilots just because they paid for the experience themselves.