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If your J1 visa is not subject to the two year HRR, then that rule doesn't affect you. The only issue would be whether you could adjust your status within the U.S. before you have to depart due to going out of J1 status, or if you would obtain the E2 visa after returning to your home country.

If your prospective employer believes that you have some form of duty to your nation of origin, even though you're not subject to the HRR, and won't hire you on that basis, that's not an immigration law issue -- that's a matter of your prospective employee's policy preferences.
Thank you that's helpful.
I already discussed with my employer about E2 to know if I qualify or not. I actually do so this is not my issue here. My main concern was more about knowing if the J1 sponsor has any word on my future job in the US as long as I come back in my country (for a undetermined time) at the end of my J1 and apply for E2 from there. Therefore it won't be a transfer of visa but a totally separate application. Again my goal here is not to know if I qualify or not for E2 but more to gather experience and info on the possibility to come back to the US to work after a J1.

Thank you for the help