Zelcastalumni map

People who leave eBay most often go to Google, Meta and Microsoft. 4% found something next. 14% go small. Median stay 2y 6m

These are the engineers in the Zelcast network and the profiles run through the Eng Scorer, not eBay's headcount: 112 people on a map of 26,572, the No. 85 company on it by people. Updated August 20, 2026.

People on the map
1120.4% of everyone on the map
There now
98% of the people here
Moved on
10392% of the people here
Median tenure
2y 6mmiddle half 1y 1m to 4y 2m

Put eBay 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 PayPal. Most leave for Google (8% of recorded departures).

eBay90 in · 104 out
4PayPal4Yahoo3Amazon3Apple3MicrosoftGoogle88%Meta77%Microsoft55%Apple44%LinkedIn44%Amazon33%PayPal33%
17 of 90 recorded arrivals shown, 73 more from 70 other companies34 of 104 recorded departures shown, 70 more to 65 other companies

After eBay

  • 4%Founded something4
  • 14%Joined a startup14
  • 25%Joined a big company25
  • 57%Elsewhere

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

How long people stay

19%<1y
22%1-2y
31%2-4y
14%4-7y
14%7y+
2y 6m median tenuremiddle half 1y 1m to 4y 2m

86 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: 91 joined, 98 left.

Caliber

83mediantop 10%91
0Eng Scorer caliber, 112 scored99

Titles held here

  1. Software Engineer23
  2. Software Engineer Intern12
  3. Senior Software Engineer9
  4. Member of Technical Staff8
  5. Software Engineer II8
  6. Staff Software Engineer6
  7. Member of Technical Staff II5
  8. Senior Engineering Manager5

8 most common titles, by people who held them.

First job on the record for 21% of people here.

Behind the median

Everyone here with an Eng Scorer read, placed in their caliber tier.

  • 23%Exceptional or strong26 people
  • 38%Solid42 people
  • 35%Emerging39 people
  • 4%Unproven4 people

111 of the 112 people here carry an Eng Scorer tier.

Exceptional and strong are the top two of the five tiers. 26 of the 111 people here with a read sit in them, 23%. A tier is the band an Eng Scorer caliber score falls in, so this is the same measurement as the median on the caliber card, opened up. A tier holding fewer than 3 people is printed together with the one next to it, because a bucket that small is a person rather than a pattern.

Whether a title rose here

The level of the first title recorded here, against the last.

35%Titles that rose34 of 97 classified people

  • 35%Rose34 people
  • 56%Stayed level54 people
  • 9%Fell9 people

97 of the 112 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 97 of the 112 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

  1. UC Berkeley18.5%
  2. Stanford9.3%
  3. USC5.6%
  4. Carnegie Mellon4.6%
  5. Georgia Tech4.6%
  6. Arizona State3.7%
  7. BITS Pilani3.7%
  8. MIT3.7%

The 8 most listed schools among the 108 people here with a school on file.

Of the 108 people here with a school on file, 20 list UC Berkeley, 10 list Stanford and 6 list USC. A person can list more than one school, so these overlap rather than add up.

Public work

one square is one in a hundred
50%have a public GitHub account on their profile

56 of the 111 people here whose profile was checked for public accounts. An account the check did not find reads the same as no account, so this is a floor rather than a census.

Across the 325 companies on the map that can show this figure, the median is 38%.

Where they are now

69% of the people who have worked at eBay and list a location live in the San Francisco Bay Area today, against 47% of everyone on the map.

eBay
Everyone on the map
  • 69%SF Bay Area77 · map 47%
  • 20%New York22 · map 33%
  • 6%Los Angeles7 · map 6%
  • 5%Somewhere else5

111 of the 112 people who worked at eBay list a location, and every share here is over those 111.

Where they live now, from the profile as it reads today, not where they sat while they worked at eBay: 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.

Key facts

  • 112 people on the Zelcast alumni map have worked at eBay: 9 are there now and 103 have moved on.
  • The most common next employer after eBay is Google (8 people, 8% of recorded departures), followed by Meta and Microsoft.
  • The most common previous employer before eBay is PayPal (4 people), followed by Yahoo and Amazon.
  • The median tenure at eBay is 2y 6m (middle half 1y 1m to 4y 2m).
  • Of those who moved on from eBay, 4% went on to a founder title, 14% joined a company with 200 or fewer people, and 25% joined a company with 10,000 or more.
  • The median Eng Scorer caliber of people who have worked at eBay is 83 on the 0 to 99 scale (112 scored).
  • The most common title held at eBay is Software Engineer, then Software Engineer Intern.
  • Of the 108 people here with a school on file, 20 list UC Berkeley (18.5%), then Stanford (10). A person can list more than one school, so these overlap rather than add up.
  • 69% of the 111 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.
  • 50% of the 111 people here whose profile was checked for public accounts have a public GitHub account on it.
  • Of the 97 people here whose title could be placed on a ladder both before and after, 34 rose, 54 stayed level and 9 fell.

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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