Zelcastalumni map

People who leave Cal Hacks most often go to Google. Of them, 17% go somewhere small. The median tenure is 1y 4m

Not Cal Hacks's headcount: these are the engineers in the Zelcast network and the profiles run through the Eng Scorer. 25 people on a map of 67,181, No. 998 on it by people. Updated September 30, 2026.

People on the map
25Under 0.1% of everyone on the map
There now
14% of the people here
Moved on
2496% of the people here
Median tenure
1y 4mmiddle half 10m to 2y 2m

Put Cal Hacks side by side with another employer.

Came from, went to

Ribbon width is the number of people who made the move. Most leave for Google (13% of recorded departures).

Cal Hacks14 in · 23 out

14 recorded arrivals from 14 companies, none more than 2 from any one of them

Google313%
0 of 14 recorded arrivals shown, 14 more from 14 other companies3 of 23 recorded departures shown, 20 more to 20 other companies

After Cal Hacks

  • 17%Joined a startup4
  • 26%Joined a big company6
  • 57%Elsewhere

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

How long people stay

29%<1y
38%1-2y
33%2-4y
0%4-7y
0%7y+
1y 4m median tenuremiddle half 10m to 2y 2m

24 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

2014 to 2026: 25 joined, 24 left.

Caliber

Not enough scored profiles here yet (20).

Titles held here

  1. Director8
  2. Executive Director3

2 most common titles, by people who held them.

First job on the record for 24% of people here.

Where they studied

  1. UC Berkeley96.0%

The one school among the 25 people here with a school on file.

24 of the 25 people here with a school on file list UC Berkeley.

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

92% of the people who have worked at Cal Hacks and list a location live in the San Francisco Bay Area today, against 41% of everyone on the map.

Cal Hacks
Everyone on the map
  • 92%SF Bay Area23 · map 41%

All 25 people who worked at Cal Hacks 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 Cal Hacks: a metro here isn't an office there. The lower strip is the same metros across the whole map.

Key facts

  • 25 people on the Zelcast alumni map have worked at Cal Hacks: 1 are there now, 24 have moved on.
  • Most leave for Google: 3 people, 13% of recorded departures.
  • Median tenure at Cal Hacks: 1y 4m, middle half 10m to 2y 2m.
  • Of the people with a recorded next move after Cal Hacks, fewer than 3 went to a founder title next, 17% joined a company of 200 or fewer, and 26% joined one of 10,000 or more.
  • Most common title held here: Director, then Executive Director.
  • Top school: UC Berkeley, listed by 24 of the 25 people here with one on file (96.0%).
  • 92% of the 25 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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