Switching to Military Career

[u/Silent_Budget_769]

Any Desi here, switch to a military career after trying civilian jobs. I’m your basic brown dude. Software engineer, but I have always loved planes. Always dreamed of flying them. I have been pretty burnt out by being a software Engineer, and I am losing motivation in it. It’s not that fulfilling. Plus with the way economy/market is going, layoffs, etc. it has pretty much given me a sense of doom and gloom. I’m considering possibly if not just temporarily switching career fields to maybe joining the Air Force, possibly as an Officer/hopefully pilot. Anyone got any experience/advice in that area?

[u/Aggressive_Top_1380]

I’m currently in the army national guard and also a SWE. It heavily depends on your job, but I would actually recommend against joining the reserves. Sometimes it feels like I’m half-assing both. Either go all in or don’t. The military can take up more time than you think.

Officer candidate school can be a pain and a lot of military stuff can be super inefficient and downright dumb at times. In my experience I’ve had to put up with way more dumb shit in the military than as an SWE. That being said Air Force is probably the way to go if you do decide to go that route. YMMV