[Myrddin]

I'm a software developer too. I also design hardware. Java and C# are part of my tools, but my employer really prefers ANSI C and C++.

Do you have a 4 year degree? Can you get a clearance? Do you have a good set of skills? If so, there are hundreds of job openings open. Why work for wages when you can land a good salaried position with decent benefits?

[familyop]

Here’s a note of tenuously related interest.

American Brain Drain (U.S.-born Ph.D.s are hard to come by.)
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1933011/posts