After BlackSky
- 45%Joined a startup5
- 55%Elsewhere
Shares of those who moved on, by their next stop.
People who leave BlackSky most often go to a long tail of companies. Of them, 45% go somewhere small. The median tenure is 2y 10m
Not BlackSky's headcount: these are the engineers in the Zelcast network and the profiles run through the Eng Scorer. 24 people on a map of 67,181, No. 1,034 on it by people. Updated September 30, 2026.
- People on the map
- 24Under 0.1% of everyone on the map
- There now
- 1458% of the people here
- Moved on
- 1042% of the people here
- Median tenure
- 2y 10mmiddle half 1y 5m to 3y 8m
Came from, went to
Ribbon width is the number of people who made the move.
Not enough recorded moves to draw a river for BlackSky yet.
How long people stay
20%<1y
16%1-2y
44%2-4y
12%4-7y
8%7y+
25 stays with both a start and an end on the record.
Who comes and goes, by year
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<3017
<3018
<3019
<3020
4021
3<322
5323
3324
<3425
3026
joined left2026 is a partial year
2016 to 2026: 25 joined, 11 left.
Caliber
Not enough scored profiles here yet (7).
Titles held here
- Senior Software Engineer7
- Staff Software Engineer3
2 most common titles, by people who held them.
Where they studied
- Georgia Tech17.4%
- Johns Hopkins13.0%
- University of Washington13.0%
The 3 most listed schools among the 23 people here with a school on file.
4 of the 23 people here with a school on file list Georgia Tech, 3 list Johns Hopkins and 3 list University of Washington. A person can list more than one, so these overlap.
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 here.
Where they are now
46% of the people who have worked at BlackSky and list a location live in Washington DC today, against 13% of everyone on the map.
BlackSky
Everyone on the map
- 46%Washington DC11 · map 13%
- 21%Seattle5 · map 5%
- 33%Somewhere else8
All 24 people who worked at BlackSky 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 working at BlackSky: a metro here isn't an office there. The lower strip is the same metros across the whole map.
On the same resumes
Companies that show up most often alongside BlackSky, at any point in a career.
Key facts
- 24 people on the Zelcast alumni map have worked at BlackSky: 14 are there now, 10 have moved on.
- Median tenure at BlackSky: 2y 10m, middle half 1y 5m to 3y 8m.
- Of the people with a recorded next move after BlackSky, fewer than 3 went to a founder title next, 45% joined a company of 200 or fewer, and fewer than 3 joined one of 10,000 or more.
- Most common title held here: Senior Software Engineer, then Staff Software Engineer.
- Top school: Georgia Tech, listed by 4 of the 23 people here with one on file (17.4%). Then Johns Hopkins (3).
- 46% of the 24 people here who list a location live in Washington DC today, against 13% across the map. Where they live now, not the office they sat in while they worked here.
About this data: built from 352,028 jobs across 67,181 engineers in the Zelcast network and Eng Scorer reads, updated September 30, 2026. A move counts when the next role starts within 24 months of leaving. Companies under 20 people on the map aren't shown, and destinations under 3 people fold into the totals. Caliber is the Eng Scorer score.
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