An interviewer in the future would just view the fact that one had no piston time and that one's first job had been on a turbine as nothing more than good luck.
There is no rule that says one must go out and suffer as did the forefathers, I, and no doubt, some of the better pilots around the globe.
Trouble with being stuck in the swamps is that so often one never hears what is happening in the jungle until another tiger has eaten your nilgai.
My $2 bill's worth. Definitely to be passed by untouched!