I’m a Junior Computer Science major and I have yet to get an internship. I’ve been talking to an Army recruiter on and off for the past year and I really want to join the reserves (In fact I was planning on doing that after I graduated anyway). At this point it wouldn’t be impossible to go through BCT over the summer and come back to school after I’m finished with AIT. Hypothetically, if I can get a MOS relevant to my major I could even earn a significant college credits. The only thing I’m worried about is that the training I would receive would look as good on my resume when compared to a run of the mill internship. Personally, I really hope this isn’t the case, I feel like I would get the same level of experience regardless, but I’m really clueless as too what recruiter would think.
Long story short if a company had to pick between two fresh out of college candidates, one who had an internship at a normal company and one who joined the reserves like I might, who has the upper hand? Could joining the reserves be a disadvantage at all? Yes I have googled this and no I haven’t found a clear answer.