After U.S. Department of State
- 15%Joined a startup10
- 18%Joined a big company12
- 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. Of them, 15% go somewhere small. The median tenure is 11m
Not the U.S. Department of State's headcount: these are the engineers in the Zelcast network and the profiles run through the Eng Scorer. 83 people on a map of 67,181, No. 283 on it by people. Updated September 30, 2026.
- People on the map
- 830.1% of everyone on the map
- There now
- 67% of the people here
- Moved on
- 7793% of the people here
- Median tenure
- 11mmiddle half 6m to 3y 2m
Put U.S. Department of State side by side with another employer.
Came from, went to
Ribbon width is the number of people who made the move. Most arrive from Amazon. Most leave for Palantir (8% of recorded departures).
5 of 59 recorded arrivals shown, 54 more from 51 other companies6 of 72 recorded departures shown, 66 more to 63 other companies
How long people stay
51%<1y
14%1-2y
14%2-4y
10%4-7y
11%7y+
63 stays with both a start and an end on the record.
Who comes and goes, by year
4<312
4<313
9814
7915
4516
3517
6<318
4519
7<320
31121
6622
3623
6424
3325
<3<326
joined left2026 is a partial year
2012 to 2026: 70 joined, 70 left.
Caliber
70mediantop 10%89
0Eng Scorer caliber, 34 scored99
Titles held here
- Intern5
- Foreign Service Officer3
2 most common titles, by people who held them.
First job on the record for 25% of people here.
Behind the median
Everyone here with an Eng Scorer read, placed in their caliber tier.
- 12%Strong4 people
- 12%Solid4 people
- 44%Emerging15 people
- 32%Unproven11 people
34 of the 83 people here carry an Eng Scorer tier.
4 of the 34 people here with a read sit in exceptional or strong, the top two of the five tiers, 12%. 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.
51%Titles that rose19 of 37 classified people
- 51%Rose19 people
- 38%Stayed level14 people
- 11%Fell4 people
37 of the 83 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
- Harvard8.5%
- Johns Hopkins6.1%
- American University4.9%
- George Washington4.9%
- Georgia Tech4.9%
- MIT4.9%
- UC Berkeley4.9%
- University of Maryland4.9%
The 8 most listed schools among the 82 people here with a school on file.
7 of the 82 people here with a school on file list Harvard, 5 list Johns Hopkins and 4 list American University. A person can list more than one, so these overlap.
Public work
one square is one in a hundred
19%have a public GitHub account on their profile
16 of the 83 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
52% of the people who have worked at U.S. Department of State and list a location live in Washington DC today, against 13% of everyone on the map.
U.S. Department of State
Everyone on the map
- 52%Washington DC43 · map 13%
- 14%SF Bay Area12 · map 41%
- 13%New York11 · map 18%
- 4%Los Angeles3 · map 5%
- 17%Somewhere else14
All 83 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 working at U.S. Department of State: 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 U.S. Department of State, at any point in a career.
Key facts
- 83 people on the Zelcast alumni map have worked for the U.S. Department of State: 6 are there now, 77 have moved on.
- Most leave for Palantir: 6 people, 8% of recorded departures.
- Most arrive from Amazon: 5 people.
- Median tenure at the U.S. Department of State: 11m, middle half 6m to 3y 2m.
- Of the people with a recorded next move after U.S. Department of State, fewer than 3 went to a founder title next, 15% joined a company of 200 or fewer, and 18% joined one of 10,000 or more.
- Median Eng Scorer caliber here: 70 on the 0 to 99 scale, across 34 scored people.
- Most common title held here: Intern, then Foreign Service Officer.
- Top school: Harvard, listed by 7 of the 82 people here with one on file (8.5%). Then Johns Hopkins (5).
- 52% of the 83 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.
- 19% of the 83 people here whose profile was checked for public accounts have a public GitHub.
- 19 rose, 14 stayed level, 4 fell, out of the 37 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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