Should I leave my military service off of my resume?

Any competent hiring manager would see it as a plus. A military job, no matter the rank or role, involves discipline, good work ethic, and dealing with abrasive personalities (boot camp drill instructor if nothing else).

If your hiring manager doesn’t see that and instead inserts some dumb personal bias, congrats! You just dodged a bullet by filtering out a job you really don’t want.

Anecdotal, but I wouldn't expect it to count against you. I live in a traditionally lefty city (one of those "anarchist jurisdictions", heh), company culture skews left, etc., and I haven't observed any animus towards my ex-military coworkers, nor do they act like they expect any. Being in the military isn't in itself political. Your haircut or your accent will probably get you more unconscious biases (positive or negative, who knows) than that.

No, but I'm curious about why you would think that the current political climate would disfavor people with military service.

There are always those who loudly support the military and those who loudly oppose it, but as far as I can tell the current political climate isn't really about the military one way or the other.

Thank you for your service. I was at a school careers convention with my daughter and she was impressed with what soldiers earned. She had no idea me and my co-workers earn two or three times the salary of the Sergeant salary she was reading. The most dangerous thing that happened in my workplace was a colleague leaning back and falling off his chair. Put it in your resume.

I think maybe you are worried about subconscious bias, but it is a crime to discriminate against you for your status as a service member or veteran.

https://www.worker.gov/concerns/veteran-or-service-member-ri....

If I saw that on a resume I'd totally ask about it in the interview and would decide if it's a positive or negative thing based on your comments about it.

Also remember that a lot of times the person responsible for hiring you is not originally from the USA, so they will likely have a very different view on military things compared do Americans.

Absolutely not. It clearly shows you can take direction, be able to get things done and put up with various personalities.

The vast majority of companies it is neutral to a positive.

>should I leave my military service off of my resume?

Did you do any software dev in your military service? Yes? Add it, if not then there is no need.

Half the companies you're applying to are probably tied to the military industrial complex in one way or another.