After RAND
- 38%Joined a startup6
- 25%Joined a big company4
- 38%Elsewhere
Shares of those who moved on, by their next stop.
People who leave RAND most often go to a long tail of companies. Of them, 38% go somewhere small
Not RAND'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. 1,321 on it by people. Updated September 30, 2026.
- People on the map
- 20Under 0.1% of everyone on the map
- There now
- 15% of the people here
- Moved on
- 1995% 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 RAND yet.
How long people stay
35%<1y
29%1-2y
18%2-4y
18%4-7y
0%7y+
17 stays with both a start and an end on the record.
Who comes and goes, by year
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<3<314
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0<316
<3017
<3<318
3<319
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joined left2026 is a partial year
2012 to 2026: 17 joined, 17 left.
Caliber
Not enough scored profiles here yet (8).
Titles held here
- Research Software Engineer4
- Technical Analyst4
2 most common titles, by people who held them.
First job on the record for 25% of people here.
Where they studied
Not enough education on the record here.19 of the 20 people here have a school on file, but no school is listed by as many as 3 people, the fewest this map will count.
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
40% of the people who have worked at RAND and list a location live in Washington DC today, against 13% of everyone on the map.
RAND
Everyone on the map
- 40%Washington DC8 · map 13%
- 20%SF Bay Area4 · map 41%
- 40%Somewhere else8
All 20 people who worked at RAND 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 RAND: 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 RAND, at any point in a career.
Key facts
- 20 people on the Zelcast alumni map have worked at RAND: 1 are there now, 19 have moved on.
- Of the people with a recorded next move after RAND, fewer than 3 went to a founder title next, 38% joined a company of 200 or fewer, and 25% joined one of 10,000 or more.
- Most common title held here: Research Software Engineer, then Technical Analyst.
- 40% 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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