Serving a total of six years, including two eight-month tours on an aircraft carrier, he received training in electronics, hardware and software, programming and networking. The training was the equivalent of what is being taught in most college computer science curriculums, he says. The military gives you more than technical training, according to Glenn Goldstein, a project manager at Verilytics, Inc., a Waltham, MA, company that builds Internet software portals. He also spent a year fighting in the Gulf War. The military is built around small teams, he explains.
People have to think on their feet.
On a practical front, intense technical training prevents mistakes that could cost lives. It points up the value of training, which is very rigorous and intense in the military, says Dobisky. If I screw up, virtually everyone on the aircraft carrier could be affected, he adds. It s a dangerous environment. Planes are constantly taking off over your head.