After McKinsey
- 9%Founded something12
- 18%Joined a startup26
- 23%Joined a big company32
- 50%Elsewhere
Shares of those who moved on, by their next stop.
People who leave McKinsey most often go to Google, Scale AI and Amgen. Of them, 9% found something next and 18% go somewhere small. The median tenure is 2y
Not McKinsey's headcount: these are the engineers in the Zelcast network and the profiles run through the Eng Scorer. 189 people on a map of 67,181, No. 125 on it by people. Updated September 30, 2026.
- People on the map
- 1890.3% of everyone on the map
- There now
- 3619% of the people here
- Moved on
- 15381% of the people here
- Median tenure
- 2ymiddle half 11m to 3y 2m
Came from, went to
Ribbon width is the number of people who made the move. Most arrive from Google. Most leave for Google (4% of recorded departures).
15 of 134 recorded arrivals shown, 119 more from 113 other companies17 of 145 recorded departures shown, 128 more to 120 other companies
The McKinsey mafia
12 of the people who left went straight to a founding role, 9% of those who moved on, half of them the same month they left. The bars cover the ’15 to ’26 classes; earlier founders still count in the total.
How long people stay
27%<1y
22%1-2y
34%2-4y
15%4-7y
2%7y+
181 stays with both a start and an end on the record.
Who comes and goes, by year
4<312
6513
9414
111015
131116
131017
181218
61219
101120
201321
261022
151323
92524
111025
4<326
joined left2026 is a partial year
2012 to 2026: 175 joined, 149 left.
Caliber
75mediantop 10%86
0Eng Scorer caliber, 98 scored99
Titles held here
- Associate19
- Business Analyst18
- Engagement Manager13
- Summer Associate9
- Software Engineer8
- Summer Business Analyst7
- Consultant6
- Senior Business Analyst6
8 most common titles, by people who held them.
First job on the record for 22% of people here.
Behind the median
Everyone here with an Eng Scorer read, placed in their caliber tier.
- 9%Exceptional or strong9 people
- 26%Solid25 people
- 49%Emerging48 people
- 16%Unproven16 people
98 of the 189 people here carry an Eng Scorer tier.
9 of the 98 people here with a read sit in exceptional or strong, the top two of the five tiers, 9%. 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.
57%Titles that rose72 of 126 classified people
- 57%Rose72 people
- 35%Stayed level44 people
- 8%Fell10 people
126 of the 189 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.
Where they studied
- Stanford12.8%
- UC Berkeley9.6%
- MIT8.0%
- Harvard7.5%
- Columbia6.4%
- UCLA5.9%
- Georgia Tech4.3%
- USC4.3%
The 8 most listed schools among the 187 people here with a school on file.
24 of the 187 people here with a school on file list Stanford, 18 list UC Berkeley and 15 list MIT. A person can list more than one, so these overlap.
Public work
one square is one in a hundred
23%have a public GitHub account on their profile
44 of the 189 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
29% of the people who have worked at McKinsey and list a location live in New York today, against 18% of everyone on the map.
McKinsey
Everyone on the map
- 29%New York54 · map 18%
- 28%SF Bay Area52 · map 41%
- 27%Los Angeles51 · map 5%
- 5%Washington DC9 · map 13%
- 4%Atlanta7 · map 1%
- 3%Boston6 · map 2%
- 2%Seattle3 · map 5%
- 4%Somewhere else7
All 189 people who worked at McKinsey 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 McKinsey: 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 McKinsey, at any point in a career.
Key facts
- 189 people on the Zelcast alumni map have worked at McKinsey: 36 are there now, 153 have moved on.
- Most leave for Google: 6 people, 4% of recorded departures. Then Scale AI and Amgen.
- Most arrive from Google: 7 people. Then Meta and Microsoft.
- Median tenure at McKinsey: 2y, middle half 11m to 3y 2m.
- Of the people with a recorded next move after McKinsey, 9% went to a founder title next, 18% joined a company of 200 or fewer, and 23% joined one of 10,000 or more.
- Median Eng Scorer caliber here: 75 on the 0 to 99 scale, across 98 scored people.
- Most common title held here: Associate, then Business Analyst.
- Top school: Stanford, listed by 24 of the 187 people here with one on file (12.8%). Then UC Berkeley (18).
- 29% of the 189 people here who list a location live in New York today, against 18% across the map. Where they live now, not the office they sat in while they worked here.
- 23% of the 189 people here whose profile was checked for public accounts have a public GitHub.
- 72 rose, 44 stayed level, 10 fell, out of the 126 people here whose title could be placed on a ladder before and after.
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.
Worked at McKinsey? See how your profile reads to a startup hiring manager, and where it ranks among 67,181 engineers.
ShopifyNext on the mapArrow keys move along the map.