After Cockroach Labs
- 21%Joined a big company4
- 79%Elsewhere
Shares of those who moved on, by their next stop.
People who leave Cockroach Labs most often go to Google and Meta
These are the engineers in the Zelcast network and the profiles run through the Eng Scorer, not Cockroach Labs's headcount: 23 people on a map of 26,572, the No. 418 company on it by people. Updated August 20, 2026.
- People on the map
- 230.1% of everyone on the map
- There now
- 313% of the people here
- Moved on
- 2087% of the people here
- Median tenure
- –only 12 stays here have both a start and an end on the record, too few to take a median from
Put Cockroach Labs 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 Google. Most leave for Google (20% of recorded departures).
3 of 24 recorded arrivals shown, 21 more from 19 other companies7 of 20 recorded departures shown, 13 more to 12 other companies
How long people stay
25%<1y
17%1-2y
42%2-4y
17%4-7y
0%7y+
12 stays with both a start and an end on the record.
Who comes and goes, by year
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5520
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2224
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joined left2026 is a partial year
2012 to 2026: 24 joined, 21 left.
Caliber
Not enough scored profiles here yet (23).
Titles held here
- Software Engineer Intern10
- Member of Technical Staff5
- Software Engineer3
3 most common titles, by people who held them.
Where they studied
- University of Waterloo30.4%
- UC Berkeley13.0%
The 2 most listed schools among the 23 people here with a school on file.
Of the 23 people here with a school on file, 7 list University of Waterloo and 3 list UC Berkeley. 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
74% of the people who have worked at Cockroach Labs and list a location live in New York today, against 33% of everyone on the map.
Cockroach Labs
Everyone on the map
- 74%New York17 · map 33%
- 22%SF Bay Area5 · map 47%
All 23 people who worked at Cockroach Labs 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 Cockroach Labs: 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 Cockroach Labs, at any point in a career.
Key facts
- 23 people on the Zelcast alumni map have worked at Cockroach Labs: 3 are there now and 20 have moved on.
- The most common next employer after Cockroach Labs is Google (4 people, 20% of recorded departures), followed by Meta.
- The most common previous employer before Cockroach Labs is Google (3 people).
- Of those who moved on from Cockroach Labs, fewer than 3 went on to a founder title, fewer than 3 joined a company with 200 or fewer people, and 21% joined a company with 10,000 or more.
- The most common title held at Cockroach Labs is Software Engineer Intern, then Member of Technical Staff.
- Of the 23 people here with a school on file, 7 list University of Waterloo (30.4%), then UC Berkeley (3). A person can list more than one school, so these overlap rather than add up.
- 74% of the 23 people here who list a location live in New York today, against 33% 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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