Recent content by Gideons

Not sure about this... being in computer science I've had to take many advanced mathematics courses, and all of my high level calculus courses we're not allowed to use calculators. Yes, that includes finding derivatives and many more complex mathematical algorithms. 

I do have a summer full time IT job already, so joining the reserves would me turning down that job that I would not able to get back. Also, if I joined the military I don't want  to do anything in tech or that would use my degree.

Yes, the reason I used that terminology paratrooper is not an occupation, but the guy I was responding was speaking of occupations/trades when I wasn't. Also, the reason I want to is I want to find out if those type of tasks are something I could enjoy or not.  As I've stated, I'm getting a...

Yes, the the specific occupation I want to be is a paratrooper.  The issue is, only in Toronto would that be possible. I'm not sure of how often reserves meet, I've heard just weekends during the school year or some places one day a week and once a week. Since I live two hours away from Toronto...

I don't have my heart set on being an officer, honestly I was thinking of join as a NCM until speaking to some guys I know in the reg force who recommended joining as an officer. Yes, I do agree joining and serving is it's own reward. I just like to have what i'm doing planned out to make it as...

I know reserves aren't the same as reg forces. However, I need something to justify turning down good software engineering jobs on something that I have no clue what I'm getting myself into. Which is why I think the reserves is valuable data point to help make that decision, because if I don't...

If I enjoyed the reserves after I graduate I would likely join the regular forces. However, why are you against joining the reserves as an officer to test out to see if I like it or not?

Hello Army.ca Forums, This is my first post on the website and I'm extremely excited to learn from you.  Just some background, I'm in my early twenties, currently attending university for an undergrad honours degree in computer science.  I have always thought about joining the army, and I know...