None of the companies I've worked at would have hired him, either. BUT. . .all of the companies I've worked at have been large and/or had government contracts. I find it hard to believe that he couldn't get a job at mid-sized company, or a start-up, especially if ends up with a skillset that's hard to find and not just a standard CS skillset. . .however that's defined. And based on his experience, it sounds like he would/could definitely end up with a relatively hard-to-find skillset.