After Bird
- 19%Founded something5
- 15%Joined a startup4
- 12%Joined a big company3
- 54%Elsewhere
Shares of those who moved on, by their next stop.
People who leave Bird most often go to a long tail of companies. Of them, 19% found something next and 15% go somewhere small. The median tenure is 1y 4m
Not Bird'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. 936 on it by people. Updated September 30, 2026.
- People on the map
- 27Under 0.1% of everyone on the map
- There now
- 14% of the people here
- Moved on
- 2696% of the people here
- Median tenure
- 1y 4mmiddle half 11m to 3y 2m
Came from, went to
Ribbon width is the number of people who made the move.
Not enough recorded moves to draw a river for Bird yet.
How long people stay
33%<1y
22%1-2y
26%2-4y
15%4-7y
4%7y+
27 stays with both a start and an end on the record.
Who comes and goes, by year
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9719
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joined left2026 is a partial year
2018 to 2026: 27 joined, 26 left.
Caliber
Not enough scored profiles here yet (21).
Titles held here
- Software Engineer5
- Senior Software Engineer4
- Group Product Manager3
3 most common titles, by people who held them.
First job on the record for 15% of people here.
Whether a title rose here
The level of the first title recorded here, against the last.
61%Titles that rose14 of 23 classified people
- 61%Rose14 people
- 39%Stayed level9 people
23 of the 27 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
- USC18.5%
The one school among the 27 people here with a school on file.
5 of the 27 people here with a school on file list USC.
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
78% of the people who have worked at Bird and list a location live in Los Angeles today, against 5% of everyone on the map.
Bird
Everyone on the map
- 78%Los Angeles21 · map 5%
- 15%SF Bay Area4 · map 41%
All 27 people who worked at Bird 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 Bird: 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 Bird, at any point in a career.
Key facts
- 27 people on the Zelcast alumni map have worked at Bird: 1 are there now, 26 have moved on.
- Median tenure at Bird: 1y 4m, middle half 11m to 3y 2m.
- Of the people with a recorded next move after Bird, 19% went to a founder title next, 15% joined a company of 200 or fewer, and 12% joined one of 10,000 or more.
- Most common title held here: Software Engineer, then Senior Software Engineer.
- Top school: USC, listed by 5 of the 27 people here with one on file (18.5%).
- 78% of the 27 people here who list a location live in Los Angeles today, against 5% 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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