After Bolt
- 21%Joined a startup6
- 18%Joined a big company5
- 61%Elsewhere
Shares of those who moved on, by their next stop.
People who leave Bolt most often go to a long tail of companies. 21% go small. Median stay 1y 8m
These are the engineers in the Zelcast network and the profiles run through the Eng Scorer, not Bolt's headcount: 29 people on a map of 26,572, the No. 326 company on it by people. Updated August 20, 2026.
- People on the map
- 290.1% of everyone on the map
- There now
- 00% of the people here
- Moved on
- 29100% of the people here
- Median tenure
- 1y 8mmiddle half 11m to 2y 3m
Put Bolt 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.
7 of 29 recorded arrivals shown, 22 more from 19 other companies0 of 28 recorded departures shown, 28 more to 26 other companies
How long people stay
28%<1y
36%1-2y
28%2-4y
8%4-7y
0%7y+
25 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: 29 joined, 29 left.
Caliber
Not enough scored profiles here yet (29).
Titles held here
- Software Engineer12
- Senior Software Engineer4
- Software Engineer I3
- Software Engineer II3
- Software Engineer Intern3
5 most common titles, by people who held them.
Whether a title rose here
The level of the first title recorded here, against the last.
52%Titles that rose13 of 25 classified people
- 52%Rose13 people
- 48%Stayed level12 people
25 of the 29 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 who recorded one title here and then left, it is 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. A title that matches no rung is left out rather than guessed, and product, program and project managers are left out entirely, being a different ladder. That leaves 25 of the 29 people here classified, and it leans towards people who have left: someone still here on a single recorded title has nothing to be measured against.
Where they studied
- UC Berkeley20.7%
- Stanford13.8%
The 2 most listed schools among the 29 people here with a school on file.
Of the 29 people here with a school on file, 6 list UC Berkeley and 4 list Stanford. A person can list more than one school, so these overlap rather than add up.
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
72% of the people who have worked at Bolt and list a location live in the San Francisco Bay Area today, against 47% of everyone on the map.
Bolt
Everyone on the map
- 72%SF Bay Area21 · map 47%
- 24%New York7 · map 33%
All 29 people who worked at Bolt 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 Bolt: 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 Bolt, at any point in a career.
Key facts
- 29 people on the Zelcast alumni map have worked at Bolt: 0 are there now and 29 have moved on.
- The most common previous employer before Bolt is Amazon (4 people), followed by Microsoft.
- The median tenure at Bolt is 1y 8m (middle half 11m to 2y 3m).
- Of those who moved on from Bolt, fewer than 3 went on to a founder title, 21% joined a company with 200 or fewer people, and 18% joined a company with 10,000 or more.
- The most common title held at Bolt is Software Engineer, then Senior Software Engineer.
- Of the 29 people here with a school on file, 6 list UC Berkeley (20.7%), then Stanford (4). A person can list more than one school, so these overlap rather than add up.
- 72% of the 29 people here who list a location live in SF Bay Area today, against 47% 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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