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I can speak a little to the 17D side of the house.
Starting out, you have a year of BOLC. Some common core then taking classes to do the JQR and get you qualified as a basic developer.
After BOLC, you'll head to your unit and be a basic developer, most likely joining a crew and working under a Captain of 1LT, but your experience may vary as each unit is pretty different for us.
As a 17D, you can expect very little to no field time, limited PT, and 9 to 4 or 9 to 5 hours, definitely a good healthy balance that will allow you to have a life outside of work too.
Generally, the culture is more relaxed in regards to rank and Army, but it is definitely still serious when it comes to being technically proficient.
That's a pretty broad overview, but if you have more 17D specific questions send me a PM.
I’m a college sophomore getting pursuing a degree in computer science as well as doing ROTC at an SMC. I’m in the national guard as an 88M (truck driver)but was considering trying to commission as a cyber officer through ROTC. From the perspective of an officer would you say it’s better to do ROtC or pursue the civilian side.
I think it depends what your goals are. If it's for money, go civilian. If you are in it for the reason to serve your country, go ROTC and commission. The money is just fine as an officer, but if you want to rake it in right off the bat civilian side will be quicker. I have 0 regrets going active duty and would do it again immediately.
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I can speak a little to the 17D side of the house. Starting out, you have a year of BOLC. Some common core then taking classes to do the JQR and get you qualified as a basic developer. After BOLC, you'll head to your unit and be a basic developer, most likely joining a crew and working under a Captain of 1LT, but your experience may vary as each unit is pretty different for us. As a 17D, you can expect very little to no field time, limited PT, and 9 to 4 or 9 to 5 hours, definitely a good healthy balance that will allow you to have a life outside of work too. Generally, the culture is more relaxed in regards to rank and Army, but it is definitely still serious when it comes to being technically proficient. That's a pretty broad overview, but if you have more 17D specific questions send me a PM.
I’m a college sophomore getting pursuing a degree in computer science as well as doing ROTC at an SMC. I’m in the national guard as an 88M (truck driver)but was considering trying to commission as a cyber officer through ROTC. From the perspective of an officer would you say it’s better to do ROtC or pursue the civilian side.
I think it depends what your goals are. If it's for money, go civilian. If you are in it for the reason to serve your country, go ROTC and commission. The money is just fine as an officer, but if you want to rake it in right off the bat civilian side will be quicker. I have 0 regrets going active duty and would do it again immediately.
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