Lufc,
Absorb everything Lasiorhinus has to say.
THAT is as accurate as you'll ever hear. He's obviously a real pilot and has taken the time to tell you how it actually is. Most of us can't be bothered trying to talk the truth because it's not what the glorious uninformed and unqualified want to hear and they take no notice anyway.
When you get to a flying school you'll hear the exact opposite. The daddy's little princes will tell you what 'EVERYONE says'. Daddy pays for theirs though and they will be over qualified.
They can't keep up their recency for multi engines and instrument ratings because no one is going to set them loose untried in the aircraft they think they should be flying.
Learning to fly and getting to where you dream of making it is, 'one step at a time' for nearly everybody. There's always an exception or two who were in the right place at the right time or are known by somebody.
I asked an employer of first job seekers what was the best theing a mate could do to get thet first gig and he said pretty much what Lasiorhinus has to say. He did menton aerobatics if there was money left over because if you find yourself in a nasty situation you won't yank the wings off.