The vast majority of GA careers have long periods in the "slave" system at flying schools , where you man the reception full time, only get paid for flying hours - how wonderful providing free labor to a business owner, or on the "casual list" at a charter company, or working for free tossing jumpers.
Not true. I've never worked in a company that hasn't paid the office rat. Most skydiving places pay something these days, the ones that don't have bigger issues than that and when I worked casual charter they were very good at sharing the hours relatively evenly and understanding you were juggling 2 jobs.
FBN, we get it you are really happy with your decision to "go direct to the jet". Good for you. Please do share your experience so the next generation can understand it.
BUT PLEASE, you clearly have no experience of the GA path so let those of us who have that experience share it as well without it being rubbished by a bloke who hasn't been there and done it!