HELOFAN,
Like revolution states, there is not a major problem with applying six months after one got your CFI as long as there is a valid reason for it. If you were to sit on your ass for six months in hopes of getting hired at the place you trained....then there could be a problem----Again, as Revolutiony states---this would show a lack of "go-getter spirit" as he put it. Waiting for six months to apply for a job does not look good. It could, (note "could" not would), show a lack of "situational awareness".
Without opening this subject again, but please do NOT offer to work for pennies, you need, and should be expected to be paid the going rate for your services.
For "ReverseFlight"----Are you sure he needs Hillsboro's written consent to work somewhere else? Unless the rules have changed, all he needs is a form flled out by his new employer that basically acknowledges that he is on a J-visa.
SASless--Your one liners crack me up sometimes, you should have started it with "Grasshopper---"....you and I should write a book.....