Direct entry DC set-up for failure? I have no previous experience as a PC...  I know I want to be a detective but I just feel like cheating by getting the position direct entry. 

Will joining direct entry make me half as a good a detective or is the training and mentoring good enough that I will gain enough experience regardless?

Also, if I were to renounce the DC position will it be easy for me to reapply for DC after 1 or 2 years working as a PC?

My TDC training should be starting soon and I’m thinking that I should maybe get some experience as a PC first, I am 30 yo and I just don’t want to be set up for failure and waste my time as well as my colleagues time.

Thanks!