Zelcastalumni map

People who leave US Federal Government most often go to a long tail of companies. The median tenure is 3y 5m

Not US Federal Government's headcount: these are the engineers in the Zelcast network and the profiles run through the Eng Scorer. 22 people on a map of 67,181, No. 1,193 on it by people. Updated September 30, 2026.

People on the map
22Under 0.1% of everyone on the map
There now
523% of the people here
Moved on
1777% of the people here
Median tenure
3y 5mmiddle half 1y 4m to 7y

Put US Federal Government side by side with another employer.

Came from, went to

Ribbon width is the number of people who made the move.

Not enough recorded moves to draw a river for US Federal Government yet.

After US Federal Government

  • 29%Joined a big company5
  • 71%Elsewhere

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

How long people stay

24%<1y
14%1-2y
14%2-4y
21%4-7y
28%7y+
3y 5m median tenuremiddle half 1y 4m to 7y

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

Who comes and goes, by year

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joined left2026 is a partial year

2012 to 2026: 27 joined, 26 left.

Caliber

Not enough scored profiles here yet (8).

Titles held here

  1. Data Scientist6
  2. Software Engineer3

2 most common titles, by people who held them.

First job on the record for 23% of people here.

Where they studied

Not enough education on the record here.All 22 people here have a school on file, but no school is listed by as many as 3 people, the fewest this map will count.

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

68% of the people who have worked at US Federal Government and list a location live in Washington DC today, against 13% of everyone on the map.

US Federal Government
Everyone on the map
  • 68%Washington DC15 · map 13%
  • 32%Somewhere else7

All 22 people who worked at US Federal Government 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 US Federal Government: a metro here isn't an office there. The lower strip is the same metros across the whole map.

Key facts

  • 22 people on the Zelcast alumni map have worked at US Federal Government: 5 are there now, 17 have moved on.
  • Median tenure at US Federal Government: 3y 5m, middle half 1y 4m to 7y.
  • Of the people with a recorded next move after US Federal Government, fewer than 3 went to a founder title next, fewer than 3 joined a company of 200 or fewer, and 29% joined one of 10,000 or more.
  • Most common title held here: Data Scientist, then Software Engineer.
  • 68% of the 22 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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