Big misconception, Army officers dont do programming, Army soldiers dont either. They use what comes from procurement and are happy to use it upon pain of courts martial.
An officer's job will be primarily to lead. Our job is to know when and where to employ the equipment-the how is left to enlisted and warrant personnel. The signal corps is way too diverse and complex for an officer to be technically proficient on all commo systems.
There are some opportunities as a Signal Corps officer to move into technical work, usually as as a FA 53, network engineer. However, starting out it is very hands off the equipment. Just as an example I have five enlisted MOSs working for me as a PL, there is no way I can be as proficient on thier systems as they are. I have a working knowledge of what each does and how to employ them, but I don't operate them
I see. Well for me I do have experience in SQL Server (T-SQL), Crystal Reports, Visual Basic, and Visual C# as programming languages, etc. Does you platoon handle any of those programming/developing aspects as well?
