Where are you now? You menitoned "flight follower" Is that at a freight company? or 135 show?
If you are at the former, I would stay. Mesa can be a supreme •te show. Many have moved on to better places but you should plan on staying for 2-3yrs. You might get lucky and get a break sooner. But "plan" on 2 yrs min. There is NO union. Just a gaggle of mronic LIfers who act like they can negotiate wages etc. Such an absolute joke. They could care less about newbies. They just negotiate better exit deals for themselves.
Also , there are better regionals as they go. Not PSA, But others.
I would highly suggest you forget about "negotiating" pay!! Ha!! There are Lifers there that do NOT give 2 slits what you did in college. But...you could move into other areas of running an airline. There are some good jobs outside of Ops. Same bennies, just no JS.
I would suggesst, If you can, wait for Envoy or Skywest. Good flow over to AA (and DL, AS, UA for Skywest),mainline. And while the majors all squable about who pays the most and the best etc etc...AA is very good. And the OT is insane and off the hook. You can easily take home 5K$ a week. or more after your ONE year probation.
Good Luck. PM if you want the dirty dirt.