After Hopper
- 41%Joined a startup7
- 59%Elsewhere
Shares of those who moved on, by their next stop.
People who leave Hopper most often go to a long tail of companies. Of them, 41% go somewhere small. The median tenure is 1y 4m
Not Hopper'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. 1,170 on it by people. Updated September 30, 2026.
- People on the map
- 22Under 0.1% of everyone on the map
- There now
- 523% of the people here
- Moved on
- 1777% of the people here
- Median tenure
- 1y 4mmiddle half 8m to 3y 11m
Came from, went to
Ribbon width is the number of people who made the move.
Not enough recorded moves to draw a river for Hopper yet.
How long people stay
40%<1y
20%1-2y
15%2-4y
25%4-7y
0%7y+
20 stays with both a start and an end on the record.
Who comes and goes, by year
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<3017
<3<318
<3019
<3320
7<321
5322
3523
0<324
<3025
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joined left2026 is a partial year
2016 to 2026: 22 joined, 17 left.
Caliber
Not enough scored profiles here yet (15).
Titles held here
- Software Engineer8
- Senior Software Engineer7
2 most common titles, by people who held them.
First job on the record for 5% of people here.
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
45% of the people who have worked at Hopper and list a location live in the San Francisco Bay Area today, against 41% of everyone on the map.
Hopper
Everyone on the map
- 45%SF Bay Area10 · map 41%
- 36%New York8 · map 18%
- 18%Somewhere else4
All 22 people who worked at Hopper 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 Hopper: 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 Hopper, at any point in a career.
Key facts
- 22 people on the Zelcast alumni map have worked at Hopper: 5 are there now, 17 have moved on.
- Median tenure at Hopper: 1y 4m, middle half 8m to 3y 11m.
- Of the people with a recorded next move after Hopper, fewer than 3 went to a founder title next, 41% joined a company of 200 or fewer, and fewer than 3 joined one of 10,000 or more.
- Most common title held here: Software Engineer, then Senior Software Engineer.
- 45% 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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