MCDU is on the money. If you intend going modular, you need a plan, preferably one with very good contacts.
To further whittle down the list of prospective employers, Flybe no longer seem to recruit low hour guys from their pref'd modular FTOs, you are unlikely to get ahead of the ex-mil and FIs next time Jet2 recruit and Eastern like FIs.
That doesn't leave many prospective employers to target and the OP will be 30 plus by the time they finish their training. The recent threads on Ryan and age won't have gone unnoticed.
Possibly with the exception of Ryan, I don't think age is the issue. You just need to go into things with eyes wide open and a very good idea of what your potential prospects really are.
Good luck with whatever you decide.