After National Security Agency
- 16%Joined a startup3
- 47%Joined a big company9
- 37%Elsewhere
Shares of those who moved on, by their next stop.
People who leave National Security Agency most often go to a long tail of companies. 16% go small. Median stay 2y 1m
These are the engineers in the Zelcast network and the profiles run through the Eng Scorer, not National Security Agency's headcount: 28 people on a map of 26,572, the No. 340 company on it by people. Updated August 20, 2026.
- People on the map
- 280.1% of everyone on the map
- There now
- 518% of the people here
- Moved on
- 2382% of the people here
- Median tenure
- 2y 1mmiddle half 1y to 3y 2m
Put National Security Agency 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.
Not enough recorded moves to draw a river for National Security Agency yet.
How long people stay
19%<1y
29%1-2y
43%2-4y
10%4-7y
0%7y+
21 stays with both a start and an end on the record.
Who comes and goes, by year
1112
1213
0114
3115
0016
2117
2118
3219
0220
3321
3422
2123
3224
1125
0026
joined left2026 is a partial year
2012 to 2026: 24 joined, 22 left.
Caliber
Not enough scored profiles here yet (28).
Titles held here
- Software Engineer8
1 most common titles, by people who held them.
First job on the record for 32% of people here.
Where they studied
- University of Maryland17.9%
- Georgia Tech10.7%
- University of Maryland Global Campus10.7%
The 3 most listed schools among the 28 people here with a school on file.
Of the 28 people here with a school on file, 5 list University of Maryland, 3 list Georgia Tech and 3 list University of Maryland Global Campus. 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
64% of the people who have worked at National Security Agency and list a location live in Washington DC today, against 7% of everyone on the map.
National Security Agency
Everyone on the map
- 64%Washington DC18 · map 7%
- 14%SF Bay Area4 · map 47%
- 21%Somewhere else6
All 28 people who worked at National Security Agency 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 National Security Agency: 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 National Security Agency, at any point in a career.
Key facts
- 28 people on the Zelcast alumni map have worked at National Security Agency: 5 are there now and 23 have moved on.
- The median tenure at National Security Agency is 2y 1m (middle half 1y to 3y 2m).
- Of those who moved on from National Security Agency, fewer than 3 went on to a founder title, 16% joined a company with 200 or fewer people, and 47% joined a company with 10,000 or more.
- The most common title held at National Security Agency is Software Engineer.
- Of the 28 people here with a school on file, 5 list University of Maryland (17.9%), then Georgia Tech (3). A person can list more than one school, so these overlap rather than add up.
- 64% of the 28 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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