Spekkio,
No argument on the leadership and pay/benefits existing across Unrestricted Line officer communities (though some big differences in the nature of the leadership and responsibility that you would have). I suppose the thrust of the argument is that NUPOC is a uniquely appealing means of entry to get all of those benefits, and allows you to do this while heavily utilizing one's technical background assuming that is something the applicant desires. I intended to highlight (briefly) some of the uniquely technical aspects of the job vs conventional SWO or Pilot without getting into the weeds. In most cases (based on my anecdotal experience and that of my peers) the alternatives that NUPOC applicants are considering are civilian Engineering firms and not other Military Officer positions, so in this light I think the discussion of benefits is relevant to their considerations. Any recommendations on things to add either to that post or separately in a future post would be appreciated --- either drop them here or shoot me a private message.
On the compound interest note, my point was simply to highlight the importance and value of saving early in one's life and the impact that compounding growth would have, not to suggest that you'll definitely get those same returns. I'll put a quick note in there to highlight that point, but even if you were to say the average return was ~7% you'd still be looking at compounding every 10 years which would give you just shy of 5 doubles during that time period.
I appreciate your comments and hope you'll continue to check in on the site and provide input.