After Optimal Satcom
- 19%Joined a startup3
- 56%Joined a big company9
- 25%Elsewhere
Shares of those who moved on, by their next stop.
People who leave Optimal Satcom most often go to a long tail of companies. Of them, 19% go somewhere small
Not Optimal Satcom's headcount: these are the engineers in the Zelcast network and the profiles run through the Eng Scorer. 20 people on a map of 67,181, No. 1,316 on it by people. Updated September 30, 2026.
- People on the map
- 20Under 0.1% of everyone on the map
- There now
- 210% of the people here
- Moved on
- 1890% of the people here
- Median tenure
- –fewer than 20 stays here have both a start and an end on the record, too few for a median
Came from, went to
Ribbon width is the number of people who made the move.
Not enough recorded moves to draw a river for Optimal Satcom yet.
How long people stay
40%<1y
27%1-2y
7%2-4y
27%4-7y
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15 stays with both a start and an end on the record.
Who comes and goes, by year
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joined left2026 is a partial year
2012 to 2026: 17 joined, 15 left.
Caliber
Not enough scored profiles here yet (4).
Titles held here
- Junior Software Engineer5
- Software Engineer4
2 most common titles, by people who held them.
First job on the record for 35% of people here.
Where they studied
- Virginia Tech60.0%
- University of Virginia20.0%
- Georgia Tech15.0%
The 3 most listed schools among the 20 people here with a school on file.
12 of the 20 people here with a school on file list Virginia Tech, 4 list University of Virginia and 3 list Georgia Tech. 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
90% of the people who have worked at Optimal Satcom and list a location live in Washington DC today, against 13% of everyone on the map.
Optimal Satcom
Everyone on the map
- 90%Washington DC18 · map 13%
All 20 people who worked at Optimal Satcom 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 Optimal Satcom: 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 Optimal Satcom, at any point in a career.
Key facts
- 20 people on the Zelcast alumni map have worked at Optimal Satcom: 2 are there now, 18 have moved on.
- Of the people with a recorded next move after Optimal Satcom, fewer than 3 went to a founder title next, 19% joined a company of 200 or fewer, and 56% joined one of 10,000 or more.
- Most common title held here: Junior Software Engineer, then Software Engineer.
- Top school: Virginia Tech, listed by 12 of the 20 people here with one on file (60.0%). Then University of Virginia (4).
- 90% of the 20 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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