After BuzzFeed
- 15%Founded something3
- 15%Joined a startup3
- 25%Joined a big company5
- 45%Elsewhere
Shares of those who moved on, by their next stop.
People who leave BuzzFeed most often go to Meta. Of them, 15% found something next and 15% go somewhere small. The median tenure is 1y 8m
Not BuzzFeed'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. 1,148 on it by people. Updated September 30, 2026.
- People on the map
- 22Under 0.1% of everyone on the map
- There now
- 15% of the people here
- Moved on
- 2195% of the people here
- Median tenure
- 1y 8mmiddle half 1y 1m to 2y 9m
Came from, went to
Ribbon width is the number of people who made the move. Most leave for Meta (14% of recorded departures).
23 recorded arrivals from 23 companies, none more than 2 from any one of them
0 of 23 recorded arrivals shown, 23 more from 23 other companies3 of 21 recorded departures shown, 18 more to 17 other companies
How long people stay
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40%1-2y
20%2-4y
15%4-7y
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20 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: 25 joined, 24 left.
Caliber
Not enough scored profiles here yet (17).
Titles held here
- Software Engineer5
- Senior Software Engineer4
- Software Engineer Intern3
3 most common titles, by people who held them.
First job on the record for 9% of people here.
Where they studied
Not enough education on the record here.19 of the 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
59% of the people who have worked at BuzzFeed and list a location live in New York today, against 18% of everyone on the map.
BuzzFeed
Everyone on the map
- 59%New York13 · map 18%
- 18%Los Angeles4 · map 5%
- 14%SF Bay Area3 · map 41%
All 22 people who worked at BuzzFeed 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 BuzzFeed: 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 BuzzFeed, at any point in a career.
Key facts
- 22 people on the Zelcast alumni map have worked at BuzzFeed: 1 are there now, 21 have moved on.
- Most leave for Meta: 3 people, 14% of recorded departures.
- Median tenure at BuzzFeed: 1y 8m, middle half 1y 1m to 2y 9m.
- Of the people with a recorded next move after BuzzFeed, 15% went to a founder title next, 15% joined a company of 200 or fewer, and 25% joined one of 10,000 or more.
- Most common title held here: Software Engineer, then Senior Software Engineer.
- 59% of the 22 people here who list a location live in New York today, against 18% 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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