SPN stalkerish question

Ok, so lemme get this right - did *both* Jensen and Jared move to LA right after high school graduation and immediately land roles in Days and GG?

Like, how much time elapsed for Jared? Wasn't he just kind of a minor character on GG? What else did he do with his time?

It's not critical for my fic, but it would help me get a sense of what was going on, if it's easily-known fact. Otherwise I'll just make something up. ;)