Instructor is good to have if you want to doo check+training at smaller operators. Personally I think it sucks. I did charter. still in charter.
I was going to bring in the gender argument...but I dont want that kind of heat.
Mate, what do you want to do? Buzz around the training area for years. Doing the same old navs. Or do you want to learn how to drive a plane. I wouldnt even call an instructor a driver.
I know if I am ever in a position to hire pilots, I would favour guys that have been up north doing some real flying. Not guys that call their students to cancel flights when the x wind hits 12kts. Or if there is one isolated CB within 100 miles. Ok not all instructors are like that. But most Grade 3s are.
Show us you have a pair mate. Go North.