After dbt Labs
- 40%Joined a startup4
- 60%Elsewhere
Shares of those who moved on, by their next stop.
People who leave dbt Labs most often go to a long tail of companies. Of them, 40% go somewhere small. The median tenure is 1y 8m
Not dbt Labs'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. 1,157 on it by people. Updated September 30, 2026.
- People on the map
- 22Under 0.1% of everyone on the map
- There now
- 1255% of the people here
- Moved on
- 1045% of the people here
- Median tenure
- 1y 8mmiddle half 1y 3m to 3y 1m
Came from, went to
Ribbon width is the number of people who made the move. Most arrive from Transform.
11 recorded departures to 11 companies, none more than 2 to any one of them
25%5Transform8 of 20 recorded arrivals shown, 12 more from 11 other companies0 of 11 recorded departures shown, 11 more to 11 other companies
How long people stay
13%<1y
39%1-2y
48%2-4y
0%4-7y
0%7y+
23 stays with both a start and an end on the record.
Who comes and goes, by year
4<321
3<322
7<323
4424
5<325
0<326
joined left2026 is a partial year
2021 to 2026: 23 joined, 11 left.
Caliber
Not enough scored profiles here yet (14).
Titles held here
- Senior Software Engineer7
- Senior Software Engineer II5
- Staff Software Engineer3
3 most common titles, by people who held them.
Where they studied
Not enough education on the record here.All 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
64% of the people who have worked at dbt Labs and list a location live in the San Francisco Bay Area today, against 41% of everyone on the map.
dbt Labs
Everyone on the map
- 64%SF Bay Area14 · map 41%
- 36%Somewhere else8
All 22 people who worked at dbt 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 working at dbt Labs: 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 dbt Labs, at any point in a career.
Key facts
- 22 people on the Zelcast alumni map have worked at dbt Labs: 12 are there now, 10 have moved on.
- Most arrive from Transform: 5 people. Then SDF Labs.
- Median tenure at dbt Labs: 1y 8m, middle half 1y 3m to 3y 1m.
- Of the people with a recorded next move after dbt Labs, fewer than 3 went to a founder title next, 40% joined a company of 200 or fewer, and fewer than 3 joined one of 10,000 or more.
- Most common title held here: Senior Software Engineer, then Senior Software Engineer II.
- 64% of the 22 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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