yep, I am a meat bomber too.
I started to fly skydive aircrafts at 19 and I only had a PPL with 250 hours. Great fun, a lot of flying, and once you have a good experience, you can interest some paraclubs flying turboprop aircrafts. I actually have a friend who had 1500 hours including 1000 turbine on a porter, before starting his CPL. The best way to fly for those paraclubs is just to show yourself over there, and to do some networking. If you know a pilot doing that, ask him to help you.
Good luck
Winch