<<dont buy a t-rating. if you do so, they will ask you to pay for 500h line training without any guaranties.i dont know how many pilots find a job after buying a type rating, but I personally think it is around 0%...
better to invest in a FI ticket !>>
Off topic I am afraid.
I paid for a 320 TR: I was paid for my line training. I know many many pilots who paid for a TR with a job (probably the majority of airline pilots I know at my stage). I also was an FI - possibly a waste of time if you want to be an airline pilot in my opinion, a year of hard slog and !!!!ty wages for me - contacts were made but without a TR or multi-crew hours options were limited. Also, just because you didn't pay for your type up front doesn't mean you won't pay though reduced wages. Oh yeah and I was a 98% ATPL ave / every flying/written exam full first time student - didn't mean **** all when it came to the airlines. I had an airline job within 3 weeks of finishing my TR.
Sorry abnormally confrontational for me, but I think there is some separation between the ideal reality and the current situation. However a note of caution: I know multiple people with SSTR without a job.
Happy hunting.