Totally agree with the above, the RAF in my time you got to broaden you horizons, in my case Wessex, Puma, Chinook, Jaguar, little engine bay (couple of months, enough to learn avoid that job) VC10..
I was lucky, I had a wide range of experience to draw on, today the RAF seems to be more blinkered in you seem to get one type and that's you.. With the various types I worked on it gave me a wider understanding and knowledge..
As said you tend to do more in depth than the RAF would, which is a benefit, myself having done jets, VIP etc.. I do the lighter side of the industry these days and on the whole it is fine, though you will deal with owners etc that think they know more than they actually do... Might suprise you but my licences have several hundred types on them, from DC 6 through to stuff I don't even know what they look like, such is group ratings... Also I an quite happy resparing wings or pulling cylinders, something in the RAF would entail specialised repair teams.