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[–] RevanProdigalKnight 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

And on a related note this is why you'll see 'entry level engineer' jobs requiring years of experience and knowledge of industry specific professional technologies.

This. This is the problem with the vast majority of software companies - H.R. departments in particular for finding that "loophole" in the law and exploiting it.

[...] but what's different is that they legally cannot hire foreign workers due to national regulations relating to 'arms', which rockets qualify as.

There are several other industries which have contracts that require "Hire American", such as DOD contracts and much of healthcare, thanks to PHI restrictions, but the healthcare industry is in a bubble right now, and most jobs around DOD contracts, etc. are either highly specialized in their own right (e.g.: signal analysis) or are in market locations that are particularly saturated with software engineers already.

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[–] 12041689? ago 

Healthcare programming still happens with H1B and offshore employees. It isn't the code that falls under restrictions, it is the data. As long as they have no access to live data they can do whatever they want. Companies keep small staff of citizens for production support and allow contractors to handle code and test items.

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[–] RevanProdigalKnight ago 

I worked for a company that was required by several of its state contracts to only hire American employees, so my knowledge of the actual situation was a bit skewed.