If you feel that you have the drive (and the ability/finances) to get you where you want to go - go get it and good luck. There are many older guys out there who are mil/ex-mil/never mil, you would be foolish not to listen to their advice, you just don't have to take it all, take only what you feel applies to you.
Once you get your first job as a pilot, being paid for having so much excitement, you will realise that it was worth it.
Don’t be distracted by the ex-military crowd. Most have an environmentally induced attitudinal defect that prohibits enter into this end of the market.
I don't know which "end of the market" this dicksplash is referring to but for as long as military organisations train thousands of handpicked students each year, there will be a high percentage of ex-mil pilots around. That is the way it is.