After United States Department of War
- 3%Founded something6
- 29%Joined a startup58
- 33%Joined a big company66
- 36%Elsewhere
Shares of those who moved on, by their next stop.
People who leave United States Department of War most often go to Booz Allen, Google and Microsoft. Of them, 29% go somewhere small. The median tenure is 2y 7m
Not the United States Department of War's headcount: these are the engineers in the Zelcast network and the profiles run through the Eng Scorer. 259 people on a map of 67,181, No. 88 on it by people. Updated September 30, 2026.
- People on the map
- 2590.4% of everyone on the map
- There now
- 3915% of the people here
- Moved on
- 22085% of the people here
- Median tenure
- 2y 7mmiddle half 1y 2m to 5y
Put United States Department of War side by side with another employer.
Came from, went to
Ribbon width is the number of people who made the move. Most arrive from AWS. Most leave for Booz Allen (4% of recorded departures).
10 of 147 recorded arrivals shown, 137 more from 128 other companies54 of 212 recorded departures shown, 158 more to 137 other companies
How long people stay
19%<1y
14%1-2y
33%2-4y
21%4-7y
12%7y+
222 stays with both a start and an end on the record.
Who comes and goes, by year
10912
13813
11814
181815
251316
202017
171218
211919
161520
212321
222922
162223
181124
51025
<3626
joined left2026 is a partial year
2012 to 2026: 234 joined, 223 left.
Caliber
65mediantop 10%84
0Eng Scorer caliber, 118 scored99
Titles held here
- Software Engineer51
- Data Scientist23
- Computer Scientist15
- Software Developer8
- Software Engineer Intern8
- Applied Research Mathematician7
- Intern7
- Summer Intern7
8 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.
- 6%Strong7 people
- 17%Solid20 people
- 40%Emerging47 people
- 37%Unproven44 people
118 of the 259 people here carry an Eng Scorer tier.
7 of the 118 people here with a read sit in exceptional or strong, the top two of the five tiers, 6%. A tier is the band a 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.
28%Titles that rose49 of 177 classified people
- 28%Rose49 people
- 63%Stayed level111 people
- 10%Fell17 people
177 of the 259 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 with one title here who then left, it's 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. Titles that match no rung are left out rather than guessed, and product, program and project managers are left out entirely as a different ladder. What's left leans towards people who have left: someone still here on one recorded title has nothing to measure against.
Where they studied
- Georgia Tech13.6%
- Johns Hopkins10.5%
- University of Maryland8.5%
- UMBC8.1%
- University of Maryland Global Campus4.7%
- MIT4.3%
- Virginia Tech4.3%
- UC Berkeley2.7%
The 8 most listed schools among the 258 people here with a school on file.
35 of the 258 people here with a school on file list Georgia Tech, 27 list Johns Hopkins and 22 list University of Maryland. A person can list more than one, so these overlap.
Public work
one square is one in a hundred
15%have a public GitHub account on their profile
39 of the 259 people here whose profile was checked for public accounts. An account the check missed reads the same as no account, so this is a floor.
31% is the median across the 857 companies that can show this figure.
Where they are now
46% of the people who have worked at United States Department of War and list a location live in Washington DC today, against 13% of everyone on the map.
United States Department of War
Everyone on the map
- 46%Washington DC119 · map 13%
- 14%SF Bay Area36 · map 41%
- 8%Baltimore21 · map 0.7%
- 5%New York14 · map 18%
- 2%Boston5 · map 2%
- 2%Denver5 · map 0.8%
- 2%Los Angeles5 · map 5%
- 2%Seattle4 · map 5%
- 19%Somewhere else50
All 259 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 working at United States Department of War: 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 United States Department of War, at any point in a career.
Key facts
- 259 people on the Zelcast alumni map have worked for the United States Department of War: 39 are there now, 220 have moved on.
- Most leave for Booz Allen: 9 people, 4% of recorded departures. Then Google and Microsoft.
- Most arrive from AWS: 4 people. Then Leidos and United States Department of Defense.
- Median tenure at the United States Department of War: 2y 7m, middle half 1y 2m to 5y.
- Of the people with a recorded next move after United States Department of War, 3% went to a founder title next, 29% joined a company of 200 or fewer, and 33% joined one of 10,000 or more.
- Median Eng Scorer caliber here: 65 on the 0 to 99 scale, across 118 scored people.
- Most common title held here: Software Engineer, then Data Scientist.
- Top school: Georgia Tech, listed by 35 of the 258 people here with one on file (13.6%). Then Johns Hopkins (27).
- 46% of the 259 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.
- 15% of the 259 people here whose profile was checked for public accounts have a public GitHub.
- 49 rose, 111 stayed level, 17 fell, out of the 177 people here whose title could be placed on a ladder before and after.
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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