After Forge
- 14%Joined a big company4
- 86%Elsewhere
Shares of those who moved on, by their next stop.
People who leave Forge most often go to a long tail of companies. The median tenure is 1y 2m
Not Forge's headcount: these are the engineers in the Zelcast network and the profiles run through the Eng Scorer. 42 people on a map of 67,181, No. 569 on it by people. Updated September 30, 2026.
- People on the map
- 420.1% of everyone on the map
- There now
- 1126% of the people here
- Moved on
- 3174% of the people here
- Median tenure
- 1y 2mmiddle half 7m to 2y 2m
Came from, went to
Ribbon width is the number of people who made the move.
Not enough recorded moves to draw a river for Forge yet.
How long people stay
47%<1y
17%1-2y
31%2-4y
6%4-7y
0%7y+
36 stays with both a start and an end on the record.
Who comes and goes, by year
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<3017
7518
4<319
4720
4421
3322
6423
5<324
7525
<3<326
joined left2026 is a partial year
2016 to 2026: 43 joined, 32 left.
Caliber
Not enough scored profiles here yet (15).
Titles held here
- Software Engineer5
- Program Coordinator3
2 most common titles, by people who held them.
First job on the record for 21% of people here.
Where they studied
- University of Virginia56.1%
- UC Berkeley7.3%
The 2 most listed schools among the 41 people here with a school on file.
23 of the 41 people here with a school on file list University of Virginia and 3 list UC Berkeley. A person can list more than one, so these overlap.
Public work
one square is one in a hundred
14%have a public GitHub account on their profile
6 of the 42 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
43% of the people who have worked at Forge and list a location live in Washington DC today, against 13% of everyone on the map.
Forge
Everyone on the map
- 43%Washington DC18 · map 13%
- 19%SF Bay Area8 · map 41%
- 12%Los Angeles5 · map 5%
- 12%Richmond5
- 7%New York3 · map 18%
- 7%Somewhere else3
All 42 people who worked at Forge 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 Forge: 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 Forge, at any point in a career.
Key facts
- 42 people on the Zelcast alumni map have worked at Forge: 11 are there now, 31 have moved on.
- Median tenure at Forge: 1y 2m, middle half 7m to 2y 2m.
- Of the people with a recorded next move after Forge, fewer than 3 went to a founder title next, fewer than 3 joined a company of 200 or fewer, and 14% joined one of 10,000 or more.
- Most common title held here: Software Engineer, then Program Coordinator.
- Top school: University of Virginia, listed by 23 of the 41 people here with one on file (56.1%). Then UC Berkeley (3).
- 43% of the 42 people here who list a location live in Washington DC today, against 13% across the map. Where they live now, not the office they sat in while they worked here.
- 14% of the 42 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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