Definitely option C. I know plenty of people who have secured jobs without having to pay for a type rating, some straight out of training, others after 2-3 years of instructing.
What you have to realise is that each person that pays for their own rating is destroying the industry a tiny bit more for the people who come along after them. I know that there's very much a 'look out for number 1' ethos among potential pilots. Unfortunately the fact that those who went before us held this attitude has screwed it up for us now,
TB