Excellent post!
As a young nut myself, I can fully agree with the words written here.
Sadly, these days guys are paying there way onto an A380/777 within 3 years of flying after walking away from those bandits at CTC/OAA to name but a few. Pay up you £90k, spend 2 years on your local LCC, (EasyJet, Ryanair, Norwegian, Jetstar, you know the type, "you only touch the sidestick/yoke in an emergency". Then you've done the minimum required hours, and jump on a shiny big jet!
My flight instructor when I was 18 always used to tell me "ego and complaceny kills people"