[who_would_fardels_bear]

They will pay for it and walk you through the process.

You just have to be qualified, i.e. American citizen, no drugs, no arrest record, etc.

Lots of American Java programmers I imagine are typical slackers with a marijuana bust or two under their belts.

If you don't fit that slacker profile then you might be a fit for this company.

[Lazamataz]

I've got a clearance and one hell of a long arrest record.

I grant you it's not a high clearance, but it's a clearance nonetheless. The Feds are willing to gamble on a person who shows willingness (and concrete action, for example, I went to treatment, then a halfway house) to change.

In my case the Feds gambled well. I have served my clients well, so well that I got a rare contractor commendation.

[Lazamataz]

BTW, and interestingly, the STATES are less willing to take a gamble than the Feds. I will never work for the State of Georgia, but I can work for the US Government.

Odd, that.