After Appen
- 47%Joined a startup9
- 16%Joined a big company3
- 37%Elsewhere
Shares of those who moved on, by their next stop.
People who leave Appen most often go to a long tail of companies. Of them, 47% go somewhere small. The median tenure is 2y 4m
Not Appen's headcount: these are the engineers in the Zelcast network and the profiles run through the Eng Scorer. 23 people on a map of 67,181, No. 1,082 on it by people. Updated September 30, 2026.
- People on the map
- 23Under 0.1% of everyone on the map
- There now
- 313% of the people here
- Moved on
- 2087% of the people here
- Median tenure
- 2y 4mmiddle half 11m to 3y 3m
Came from, went to
Ribbon width is the number of people who made the move.
Not enough recorded moves to draw a river for Appen yet.
How long people stay
29%<1y
19%1-2y
43%2-4y
5%4-7y
5%7y+
21 stays with both a start and an end on the record.
Who comes and goes, by year
<3015
3<316
0<317
4<318
<3019
4<320
3421
3522
0323
<3024
<3<325
0026
joined left2026 is a partial year
2015 to 2026: 21 joined, 20 left.
Caliber
Not enough scored profiles here yet (6).
Titles held here
- Senior Software Engineer3
1 most common titles, by people who held them.
First job on the record for 9% of people here.
Where they studied
- Georgia Tech13.0%
The one school among the 23 people here with a school on file.
3 of the 23 people here with a school on file list Georgia Tech.
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
48% of the people who have worked at Appen and list a location live in the San Francisco Bay Area today, against 41% of everyone on the map.
Appen
Everyone on the map
- 48%SF Bay Area11 · map 41%
- 22%New York5 · map 18%
- 30%Somewhere else7
All 23 people who worked at Appen 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 Appen: 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 Appen, at any point in a career.
Key facts
- 23 people on the Zelcast alumni map have worked at Appen: 3 are there now, 20 have moved on.
- Median tenure at Appen: 2y 4m, middle half 11m to 3y 3m.
- Of the people with a recorded next move after Appen, fewer than 3 went to a founder title next, 47% joined a company of 200 or fewer, and 16% joined one of 10,000 or more.
- Most common title held here: Senior Software Engineer.
- Top school: Georgia Tech, listed by 3 of the 23 people here with one on file (13.0%).
- 48% of the 23 people here who list a location live in SF Bay Area today, against 41% 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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