What the CPL/IR does is that it basically opens the door to getting paid as a pilot.Under part 61 of the FARs you need 250 hours to be able to go for the commercial checkride.Under part 141 you can get away with just under 200 hours.Your certificates will be equal in value, it just comes down to whether you`ve got all the time in the world (read; want to take the fast-track) or you have i.e. a day job,family and such.
The next step up is to fly under part 135.To be hired for VFR operations you`ll need 500 hours, and for IFR it`s 1200.There are also sub-requirements to both such as crosscountry, night and instrument time.
As you can see there is quite a bit of flying to be done before you can go to part 135.And here`s what you can do; get an instructor certificate (preferrably with instrument and multiengine ratings) because that is the quickest way to get the hours, pluss you`ll get to know a lot of people, and the industry is greatly based on "it`s who you know"
You can also try bannerflying, parachutejumper-flying and some kind of aerial patroling (pipelines,forrestfire watch...).And you could get a job ferrying airplanes - but that`s a long shot due to insurance requirements and so on.
You`ll probably be overqualified to be a drugrunner - they don`t require your ability to LAND an airplane
