After Ironclad
- 14%Founded something3
- 27%Joined a startup6
- 59%Elsewhere
Shares of those who moved on, by their next stop.
People who leave Ironclad most often go to a long tail of companies. Of them, 14% found something next and 27% go somewhere small. The median tenure is 2y 4m
Not Ironclad's headcount: these are the engineers in the Zelcast network and the profiles run through the Eng Scorer. 55 people on a map of 67,181, No. 430 on it by people. Updated September 30, 2026.
- People on the map
- 550.1% of everyone on the map
- There now
- 3462% of the people here
- Moved on
- 2138% of the people here
- Median tenure
- 2y 4mmiddle half 1y 1m to 4y 7m
Came from, went to
Ribbon width is the number of people who made the move. Most arrive from Palantir.
22 recorded departures to 22 companies, none more than 2 to any one of them
5%3Palantir3 of 56 recorded arrivals shown, 53 more from 48 other companies0 of 22 recorded departures shown, 22 more to 22 other companies
How long people stay
19%<1y
25%1-2y
19%2-4y
35%4-7y
2%7y+
52 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
2014 to 2026: 60 joined, 26 left.
Caliber
83mediantop 10%88
0Eng Scorer caliber, 34 scored99
Titles held here
- Software Engineer21
- Senior Software Engineer15
- Staff Software Engineer12
- Software Engineer II7
- Software Engineer Intern6
- Engineering Manager5
6 most common titles, by people who held them.
First job on the record for 7% of people here.
Behind the median
Everyone here with an Eng Scorer read, placed in their caliber tier.
- 18%Exceptional or strong6 people
- 44%Solid15 people
- 38%Emerging or unproven13 people
34 of the 55 people here carry an Eng Scorer tier.
6 of the 34 people here with a read sit in exceptional or strong, the top two of the five tiers, 18%. A tier is the band a 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 with the one next to it, because that few is a person rather than a pattern.
Whether a title rose here
The level of the first title recorded here, against the last.
41%Titles that rose12 of 29 classified people
- 41%Rose12 people
- 59%Stayed level or fell17 people
29 of the 55 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 with one title here who then left, it's 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. Titles that match no rung are left out rather than guessed, and product, program and project managers are left out entirely as a different ladder. What's left leans towards people who have left: someone still here on one recorded title has nothing to measure against. A direction holding fewer than 3 people is printed with the one next to it, because that few is a person rather than a pattern.
Where they studied
- UC Berkeley32.7%
- Stanford9.1%
- UIUC9.1%
- UC San Diego7.3%
- San Francisco State5.5%
The 5 most listed schools among the 55 people here with a school on file.
18 of the 55 people here with a school on file list UC Berkeley, 5 list Stanford and 5 list UIUC. A person can list more than one, so these overlap.
Public work
one square is one in a hundred
40%have a public GitHub account on their profile
22 of the 55 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
80% of the people who have worked at Ironclad and list a location live in the San Francisco Bay Area today, against 41% of everyone on the map.
Ironclad
Everyone on the map
- 80%SF Bay Area44 · map 41%
- 15%New York8 · map 18%
- 5%Somewhere else3
All 55 people who worked at Ironclad 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 Ironclad: 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 Ironclad, at any point in a career.
Key facts
- 55 people on the Zelcast alumni map have worked at Ironclad: 34 are there now, 21 have moved on.
- Most arrive from Palantir: 3 people.
- Median tenure at Ironclad: 2y 4m, middle half 1y 1m to 4y 7m.
- Of the people with a recorded next move after Ironclad, 14% went to a founder title next, 27% joined a company of 200 or fewer, and fewer than 3 joined one of 10,000 or more.
- Median Eng Scorer caliber here: 83 on the 0 to 99 scale, across 34 scored people.
- Most common title held here: Software Engineer, then Senior Software Engineer.
- Top school: UC Berkeley, listed by 18 of the 55 people here with one on file (32.7%). Then Stanford (5).
- 80% of the 55 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.
- 40% of the 55 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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