I'm not willing to get into a huge debate over this however instructing hours are not worthless. I just got this from someone who was in constant contact with recruitment at a major (senior FI at said airlines training facility). They count the first 1,500-2,000hours instruction then the rest is worth 0; obviously this there is more to this but its essentially how they view it.
With 1,500-2,000 instruction you can get a good twin gig in a city and dont need to head north. I know this from first hand experience and I was one of about 6 FI to do the same within a 18month period.