That's actually one of the neat things I discovered when I moved to the States. Its not uncommon to meet a fellow developer that started after servering in the

That's actually one of the neat things I discovered when I moved to the States. Its not uncommon to meet a fellow developer that started after servering in the military. I've also met a lot of developers who started out in QA and other positions, so they were older when they got their first developer job. Any reasonable company will see your life experience as a advantage .