A little advice from an old fart.....
Hours in the seat is just an indication of how long you have been taking money for the ultimate enjoyment, or paying money to be there.
The "employment capability" of all potential pilots is not necassarily measured in hours in the book, more so in the motivation of the individual to achieve as high as skill as possible.
Before you race off to chase those few hours flying tourists around the Rock or the Reef, get back into the books................
Your ATPL and IREX subjects are worth more to the industry than a few hundred hours on a piston or turbine....!!!!
Burn the midnight oil.....it will be worth it.