After ETH Zürich
- 17%Founded something4
- 22%Joined a startup5
- 30%Joined a big company7
- 30%Elsewhere
Shares of those who moved on, by their next stop.
People who leave ETH Zürich most often go to Google. Of them, 17% found something next and 22% go somewhere small. The median tenure is 1y 1m
Not ETH Zürich's headcount: these are the engineers in the Zelcast network and the profiles run through the Eng Scorer. 32 people on a map of 67,181, No. 781 on it by people. Updated September 30, 2026.
- People on the map
- 32Under 0.1% of everyone on the map
- There now
- 00% of the people here
- Moved on
- 32100% of the people here
- Median tenure
- 1y 1mmiddle half 6m to 2y 6m
Came from, went to
Ribbon width is the number of people who made the move. Most leave for Google (13% of recorded departures).
19 recorded arrivals from 16 companies, none more than 2 from any one of them
0 of 19 recorded arrivals shown, 19 more from 16 other companies3 of 24 recorded departures shown, 21 more to 19 other companies
How long people stay
38%<1y
35%1-2y
19%2-4y
8%4-7y
0%7y+
26 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: 29 joined, 29 left.
Caliber
Not enough scored profiles here yet (5).
Titles held here
- Teaching Assistant4
1 most common titles, by people who held them.
First job on the record for 31% of people here.
Where they studied
- Eth Zurich37.5%
- Stanford21.9%
- Carnegie Mellon9.4%
- MIT9.4%
- UC Berkeley9.4%
The 5 most listed schools among the 32 people here with a school on file.
12 of the 32 people here with a school on file list Eth Zurich, 7 list Stanford and 3 list Carnegie Mellon. A person can list more than one, so these overlap.
Public work
one square is one in a hundred
31%have a public GitHub account on their profile
10 of the 32 people here whose profile was checked for public accounts. An account the check missed reads the same as no account, so this is a floor.
31% is the median across the 857 companies that can show this figure.
Where they are now
53% of the people who have worked at ETH Zürich and list a location live in the San Francisco Bay Area today, against 41% of everyone on the map.
ETH Zürich
Everyone on the map
- 53%SF Bay Area17 · map 41%
- 13%Washington DC4 · map 13%
- 9%Los Angeles3 · map 5%
- 9%New York3 · map 18%
- 16%Somewhere else5
All 32 people who worked at ETH Zürich 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 ETH Zürich: 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 ETH Zürich, at any point in a career.
Key facts
- 32 people on the Zelcast alumni map have worked at ETH Zürich: 0 are there now, 32 have moved on.
- Most leave for Google: 3 people, 13% of recorded departures.
- Median tenure at ETH Zürich: 1y 1m, middle half 6m to 2y 6m.
- Of the people with a recorded next move after ETH Zürich, 17% went to a founder title next, 22% joined a company of 200 or fewer, and 30% joined one of 10,000 or more.
- Most common title held here: Teaching Assistant.
- Top school: Eth Zurich, listed by 12 of the 32 people here with one on file (37.5%). Then Stanford (7).
- 53% of the 32 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.
- 31% of the 32 people here whose profile was checked for public accounts have a public GitHub.
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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