After USDA
- 20%Joined a startup4
- 20%Joined a big company4
- 60%Elsewhere
Shares of those who moved on, by their next stop.
People who leave USDA most often go to a long tail of companies. Of them, 20% go somewhere small. The median tenure is 1y 5m
Not USDA's headcount: these are the engineers in the Zelcast network and the profiles run through the Eng Scorer. 27 people on a map of 67,181, No. 961 on it by people. Updated September 30, 2026.
- People on the map
- 27Under 0.1% of everyone on the map
- There now
- 311% of the people here
- Moved on
- 2489% of the people here
- Median tenure
- 1y 5mmiddle half 10m to 2y 5m
Came from, went to
Ribbon width is the number of people who made the move.
Not enough recorded moves to draw a river for USDA yet.
How long people stay
27%<1y
36%1-2y
23%2-4y
9%4-7y
5%7y+
22 stays with both a start and an end on the record.
Who comes and goes, by year
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<3<314
3315
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<3<318
0<319
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0021
0022
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joined left2026 is a partial year
2012 to 2026: 21 joined, 22 left.
Caliber
Not enough scored profiles here yet (9).
Titles held here
No titles on the record yet.
First job on the record for 41% of people here.
Where they studied
- UC Berkeley11.1%
- University of Maryland11.1%
The 2 most listed schools among the 27 people here with a school on file.
3 of the 27 people here with a school on file list UC Berkeley and 3 list University of Maryland. 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
52% of the people who have worked at USDA and list a location live in Washington DC today, against 13% of everyone on the map.
USDA
Everyone on the map
- 52%Washington DC14 · map 13%
- 26%SF Bay Area7 · map 41%
- 22%Somewhere else6
All 27 people who worked at USDA 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 USDA: 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 USDA, at any point in a career.
Key facts
- 27 people on the Zelcast alumni map have worked at USDA: 3 are there now, 24 have moved on.
- Median tenure at USDA: 1y 5m, middle half 10m to 2y 5m.
- Of the people with a recorded next move after USDA, fewer than 3 went to a founder title next, 20% joined a company of 200 or fewer, and 20% joined one of 10,000 or more.
- Top school: UC Berkeley, listed by 3 of the 27 people here with one on file (11.1%). Then University of Maryland (3).
- 52% of the 27 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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