Zelcastalumni map

People who leave United States Department of War most often go to Google, Palantir Technologies and Deloitte. 20% go small. Median stay 2y 2m

These are the engineers in the Zelcast network and the profiles run through the Eng Scorer, not United States Department of War's headcount: 85 people on a map of 26,572, the No. 116 company on it by people. Updated August 20, 2026.

People on the map
850.3% of everyone on the map
There now
1012% of the people here
Moved on
7588% of the people here
Median tenure
2y 2mmiddle half 1y to 3y 3m

Put United States Department of War 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 Amazon Web Services (AWS). Most leave for Google (7% of recorded departures).

United StatesDepartment of…46 in · 74 out
4Amazon Web Services3United States…Google57%Palantir Technologies57%Deloitte34%Lockheed Martin34%United States…34%
7 of 46 recorded arrivals shown, 39 more from 38 other companies19 of 74 recorded departures shown, 55 more to 50 other companies

After United States Department of War

  • 20%Joined a startup14
  • 37%Joined a big company26
  • 44%Elsewhere

Shares of those who moved on, by their next stop.

How long people stay

24%<1y
19%1-2y
34%2-4y
18%4-7y
4%7y+
2y 2m median tenuremiddle half 1y to 3y 3m

67 stays with both a start and an end on the record.

Who comes and goes, by year

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2012 to 2026: 83 joined, 78 left.

Caliber

71mediantop 10%85
0Eng Scorer caliber, 85 scored99

Titles held here

  1. Software Engineer18
  2. Data Scientist9
  3. Software Engineer Intern5
  4. Computer Scientist4
  5. Summer Intern3

5 most common titles, by people who held them.

First job on the record for 36% of people here.

Behind the median

Everyone here with an Eng Scorer read, placed in their caliber tier.

  • 8%Strong7 people
  • 22%Solid19 people
  • 45%Emerging38 people
  • 25%Unproven21 people

85 of the 85 people here carry an Eng Scorer tier.

Exceptional and strong are the top two of the five tiers. 7 of the 85 people here with a read sit in them, 8%. A tier is the band an Eng Scorer caliber score falls in, so this is the same measurement as the median on the caliber card, opened up.

Whether a title rose here

The level of the first title recorded here, against the last.

17%Titles that rose11 of 63 classified people

  • 17%Rose11 people
  • 71%Stayed level45 people
  • 11%Fell7 people

63 of the 85 people here had a title that could be placed on the ladder before and after.

A title rose when the last title recorded here sits higher on the ladder than the first; for someone who recorded one title here and then left, it is measured against the first title of their next role. The ladder runs intern, junior, mid, senior, staff or manager, principal, director, VP, then founder or C-level. A title that matches no rung is left out rather than guessed, and product, program and project managers are left out entirely, being a different ladder. That leaves 63 of the 85 people here classified, and it leans towards people who have left: someone still here on a single recorded title has nothing to be measured against.

Where they studied

  1. UMBC11.8%
  2. University of Maryland11.8%
  3. Johns Hopkins10.6%
  4. Georgia Tech9.4%
  5. UC Berkeley4.7%
  6. Duke3.5%
  7. MIT3.5%
  8. UIUC3.5%

The 8 most listed schools among the 85 people here with a school on file.

Of the 85 people here with a school on file, 10 list UMBC, 10 list University of Maryland and 9 list Johns Hopkins. A person can list more than one school, so these overlap rather than add up.

Public work

one square is one in a hundred
20%have a public GitHub account on their profile

17 of the 85 people here whose profile was checked for public accounts. An account the check did not find reads the same as no account, so this is a floor rather than a census.

Across the 325 companies on the map that can show this figure, the median is 38%.

Where they are now

47% of the people who have worked at United States Department of War and list a location live in Washington DC today, against 7% of everyone on the map.

United States Department of War
Everyone on the map
  • 47%Washington DC40 · map 7%
  • 25%SF Bay Area21 · map 47%
  • 8%New York7 · map 33%
  • 6%Baltimore5 · map 0.3%
  • 4%Los Angeles3 · map 6%
  • 11%Somewhere else9

All 85 people who worked at United States Department of War 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 United States Department of War: 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.

Key facts

  • 85 people on the Zelcast alumni map have worked at United States Department of War: 10 are there now and 75 have moved on.
  • The most common next employer after United States Department of War is Google (5 people, 7% of recorded departures), followed by Palantir Technologies and Deloitte.
  • The most common previous employer before United States Department of War is Amazon Web Services (AWS) (4 people), followed by United States Department of Defense.
  • The median tenure at United States Department of War is 2y 2m (middle half 1y to 3y 3m).
  • Of those who moved on from United States Department of War, fewer than 3 went on to a founder title, 20% joined a company with 200 or fewer people, and 37% joined a company with 10,000 or more.
  • The median Eng Scorer caliber of people who have worked at United States Department of War is 71 on the 0 to 99 scale (85 scored).
  • The most common title held at United States Department of War is Software Engineer, then Data Scientist.
  • Of the 85 people here with a school on file, 10 list UMBC (11.8%), then University of Maryland (10). A person can list more than one school, so these overlap rather than add up.
  • 47% of the 85 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.
  • 20% of the 85 people here whose profile was checked for public accounts have a public GitHub account on it.
  • Of the 63 people here whose title could be placed on a ladder both before and after, 11 rose, 45 stayed level and 7 fell.

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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