After U.S. Department of State
- 14%Joined a startup3
- 18%Joined a big company4
- 68%Elsewhere
Shares of those who moved on, by their next stop.
People who leave U.S. Department of State most often go to Palantir Technologies. 14% go small
These are the engineers in the Zelcast network and the profiles run through the Eng Scorer, not U.S. Department of State's headcount: 26 people on a map of 26,572, the No. 375 company on it by people. Updated August 20, 2026.
- People on the map
- 260.1% of everyone on the map
- There now
- 14% of the people here
- Moved on
- 2596% of the people here
- Median tenure
- –only 18 stays here have both a start and an end on the record, too few to take a median from
Put U.S. Department of State 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. Most leave for Palantir Technologies (17% of recorded departures).
3 of 23 recorded arrivals shown, 20 more from 19 other companies4 of 23 recorded departures shown, 19 more to 19 other companies
How long people stay
67%<1y
11%1-2y
6%2-4y
11%4-7y
6%7y+
18 stays with both a start and an end on the record.
Who comes and goes, by year
1012
2213
3114
1215
1116
1117
2018
1119
6120
1821
0122
2323
2224
2125
0026
joined left2026 is a partial year
2012 to 2026: 25 joined, 24 left.
Caliber
Not enough scored profiles here yet (26).
Titles held here
No titles on the record yet.
First job on the record for 27% of people here.
Where they studied
- Harvard11.5%
The one school among the 26 people here with a school on file.
Of the 26 people here with a school on file, 3 list Harvard.
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 than that here.
Where they are now
38% of the people who have worked at U.S. Department of State and list a location live in New York today, against 33% of everyone on the map.
U.S. Department of State
Everyone on the map
- 38%New York10 · map 33%
- 27%Washington DC7 · map 7%
- 19%SF Bay Area5 · map 47%
- 15%Somewhere else4
All 26 people who worked at U.S. Department of State 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 U.S. Department of State: 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.
On the same resumes
Companies that show up most often alongside U.S. Department of State, at any point in a career.
Key facts
- 26 people on the Zelcast alumni map have worked at U.S. Department of State: 1 are there now and 25 have moved on.
- The most common next employer after U.S. Department of State is Palantir Technologies (4 people, 17% of recorded departures).
- The most common previous employer before U.S. Department of State is Amazon (3 people).
- Of those who moved on from U.S. Department of State, fewer than 3 went on to a founder title, 14% joined a company with 200 or fewer people, and 18% joined a company with 10,000 or more.
- Of the 26 people here with a school on file, 3 list Harvard (11.5%). A person can list more than one school, so these overlap rather than add up.
- 38% of the 26 people here who list a location live in New York today, against 33% of everyone on the map. That is where they live now, not the office they sat in while they worked here.
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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