After Black Cape
- 33%Joined a startup3
- 67%Elsewhere
Shares of those who moved on, by their next stop.
People who leave Black Cape most often go to a long tail of companies. 33% go small
These are the engineers in the Zelcast network and the profiles run through the Eng Scorer, not Black Cape's headcount: 20 people on a map of 26,572, the No. 489 company on it by people. Updated August 20, 2026.
- People on the map
- 200.1% of everyone on the map
- There now
- 1155% of the people here
- Moved on
- 945% of the people here
- Median tenure
- –only 19 stays here have both a start and an end on the record, too few to take a median from
Put Black Cape side by side with another company, every number against every number.
Came from, went to
Ribbon width is the number of people who made the move. Most arrive from Maxar Technologies.
10 recorded departures to 10 companies, none more than 2 to any one of them
3Maxar Technologies3 of 17 recorded arrivals shown, 14 more from 12 other companies0 of 10 recorded departures shown, 10 more to 10 other companies
How long people stay
26%<1y
16%1-2y
42%2-4y
16%4-7y
0%7y+
19 stays with both a start and an end on the record.
Who comes and goes, by year
0012
0013
0014
0015
0016
0017
0018
1019
2020
3021
2022
3423
5124
4425
1126
joined left2026 is a partial year
2012 to 2026: 21 joined, 10 left.
Caliber
Not enough scored profiles here yet (20).
Titles held here
- Software Engineer7
- Technologist4
2 most common titles, by people who held them.
First job on the record for 5% of people here.
Where they studied
- Georgia Tech15.0%
- Virginia Tech15.0%
The 2 most listed schools among the 20 people here with a school on file.
Of the 20 people here with a school on file, 3 list Georgia Tech and 3 list Virginia Tech. A person can list more than one school, so these overlap rather than add up.
Public work
Not enough of the record here has been checked.This share needs 30 people whose profile was checked for public accounts, and there are fewer than that here.
Where they are now
95% of the people who have worked at Black Cape and list a location live in Washington DC today, against 7% of everyone on the map.
Black Cape
Everyone on the map
- 95%Washington DC19 · map 7%
All 20 people who worked at Black Cape list a location, and every share here is over them.
Where they live now, from the profile as it reads today, not where they sat while they worked at Black Cape: a metro here does not mean the company has an office in it. The lower strip is the same metros across the whole map, for comparison.
On the same resumes
Companies that show up most often alongside Black Cape, at any point in a career.
Key facts
- 20 people on the Zelcast alumni map have worked at Black Cape: 11 are there now and 9 have moved on.
- The most common previous employer before Black Cape is Maxar Technologies (3 people).
- Of those who moved on from Black Cape, fewer than 3 went on to a founder title, 33% joined a company with 200 or fewer people, and fewer than 3 joined a company with 10,000 or more.
- The most common title held at Black Cape is Software Engineer, then Technologist.
- Of the 20 people here with a school on file, 3 list Georgia Tech (15.0%), then Virginia Tech (3). A person can list more than one school, so these overlap rather than add up.
- 95% of the 20 people here who list a location live in Washington DC today, against 7% of everyone on the map. That is where they live now, not the office they sat in while they worked here.
About this data: built from 144,786 jobs across 26,572 engineers in the Zelcast network and Eng Scorer reads, updated August 20, 2026. A move counts when the next role starts within 24 months of leaving; companies with fewer than 20 people on the map are not shown, and destinations with fewer than 3 people are folded into the totals. Caliber is the Eng Scorer score.
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