After Foursquare
- 15%Founded something3
- 30%Joined a startup6
- 55%Elsewhere
Shares of those who moved on, by their next stop.
People who leave Foursquare most often go to Medallion. 15% found something next. 30% go small. Median stay 2y 3m
These are the engineers in the Zelcast network and the profiles run through the Eng Scorer, not Foursquare's headcount: 24 people on a map of 26,572, the No. 402 company on it by people. Updated August 20, 2026.
- People on the map
- 240.1% of everyone on the map
- There now
- 417% of the people here
- Moved on
- 2083% of the people here
- Median tenure
- 2y 3mmiddle half 1y 8m to 4y 5m
Put Foursquare 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 Factual Inc. Most leave for Medallion (14% of recorded departures).
5Factual IncMedallion314%
5 of 23 recorded arrivals shown, 18 more from 18 other companies3 of 21 recorded departures shown, 18 more to 18 other companies
How long people stay
14%<1y
18%1-2y
41%2-4y
18%4-7y
9%7y+
22 stays with both a start and an end on the record.
Who comes and goes, by year
3112
2313
2014
1015
1316
2017
3218
0219
7420
4121
1622
0123
1124
0025
0026
joined left2026 is a partial year
2012 to 2026: 27 joined, 24 left.
Caliber
Not enough scored profiles here yet (24).
Titles held here
- Software Engineer8
- Software Engineer Intern5
- Senior Software Engineer3
- Staff Software Engineer3
4 most common titles, by people who held them.
First job on the record for 4% of people here.
Where they studied
- Carnegie Mellon13.0%
The one school among the 23 people here with a school on file.
Of the 23 people here with a school on file, 3 list Carnegie Mellon.
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
58% of the people who have worked at Foursquare and list a location live in New York today, against 33% of everyone on the map.
Foursquare
Everyone on the map
- 58%New York14 · map 33%
- 21%Los Angeles5 · map 6%
- 21%SF Bay Area5 · map 47%
All 24 people who worked at Foursquare 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 Foursquare: 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 Foursquare, at any point in a career.
Key facts
- 24 people on the Zelcast alumni map have worked at Foursquare: 4 are there now and 20 have moved on.
- The most common next employer after Foursquare is Medallion (3 people, 14% of recorded departures).
- The most common previous employer before Foursquare is Factual Inc (5 people).
- The median tenure at Foursquare is 2y 3m (middle half 1y 8m to 4y 5m).
- Of those who moved on from Foursquare, 15% went on to a founder title, 30% joined a company with 200 or fewer people, and fewer than 3 joined a company with 10,000 or more.
- The most common title held at Foursquare is Software Engineer, then Software Engineer Intern.
- Of the 23 people here with a school on file, 3 list Carnegie Mellon (13.0%). A person can list more than one school, so these overlap rather than add up.
- 58% of the 24 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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