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Preface: Not American, so country-specific advice might not be applicable

Is 26 too old to join? And not in a "do regulations allow it" way, but rather a "would it be TOO retarded to do it"
It's still far future atm, but I'm considering joining after I (hopefully) get my master's in CS, so that I can go to OCS, and then hopefully the SOF pipeline