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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]There are plenty of jobs outside of DC!! [/quote]

There is always a bull market somewhere, and right now in DC, [b]Defense-Tech[/b] is super hot.  Just in the last week I have seen five start-ups in the DC area raise $250MM+ (total) in this sector.  You need AI/ML/Computer Vision skills, as well as engineering/robotics skills.

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It requires security clearances.  I am in the DoD AI/ML/VHDL and we have ten openings for skills like this; however, it also requires TS clearance.[/quote]

Are you saying they won't hire you if you don't have clearance?  I assume most US-born engineers would not have any problem getting clearance.[/quote]

It takes long time. [/quote]

I get that…but I assume it’s not easy to hire people with those STEM skills and clearance…so you are going to have hire them and get the cleared.[/quote]

It takes about 18 months to get clearance, longer to TS.  It means they can't work for those 18 months.  Most people can't do that.  That's the issue.[/quote]

These Defense Tech startups definitely are hiring people without a clearance.  You are in the DoD, so I get that...but these companies are still trying to sell their technology to the government and 90% of the company does not yet have a clearance (though, they may have their employees go through the process).[/quote]

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