After Nest
- 35%Joined a startup6
- 47%Joined a big company8
- 18%Elsewhere
Shares of those who moved on, by their next stop.
People who leave Nest most often go to Google. Of them, 35% go somewhere small
Not Nest's headcount: these are the engineers in the Zelcast network and the profiles run through the Eng Scorer. 21 people on a map of 67,181, No. 1,238 on it by people. Updated September 30, 2026.
- People on the map
- 21Under 0.1% of everyone on the map
- There now
- 00% of the people here
- Moved on
- 21100% of the people here
- Median tenure
- –fewer than 20 stays here have both a start and an end on the record, too few for a median
Came from, went to
Ribbon width is the number of people who made the move. Most leave for Google (42% of recorded departures).
19 recorded arrivals from 17 companies, none more than 2 from any one of them
0 of 19 recorded arrivals shown, 19 more from 17 other companies8 of 19 recorded departures shown, 11 more to 10 other companies
How long people stay
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38%2-4y
13%4-7y
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8 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
2012 to 2026: 23 joined, 23 left.
Caliber
Not enough scored profiles here yet (14).
Titles held here
- Software Engineer Intern4
- Senior Software Engineer3
2 most common titles, by people who held them.
First job on the record for 19% of people here.
Where they studied
- UC Berkeley28.6%
- Stanford19.1%
The 2 most listed schools among the 21 people here with a school on file.
6 of the 21 people here with a school on file list UC Berkeley and 4 list Stanford. A person can list more than one, so these overlap.
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
67% of the people who have worked at Nest and list a location live in the San Francisco Bay Area today, against 41% of everyone on the map.
Nest
Everyone on the map
- 67%SF Bay Area14 · map 41%
- 24%New York5 · map 18%
All 21 people who worked at Nest 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 Nest: 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 Nest, at any point in a career.
Key facts
- 21 people on the Zelcast alumni map have worked at Nest: 0 are there now, 21 have moved on.
- Most leave for Google: 8 people, 42% of recorded departures.
- Of the people with a recorded next move after Nest, fewer than 3 went to a founder title next, 35% joined a company of 200 or fewer, and 47% joined one of 10,000 or more.
- Most common title held here: Software Engineer Intern, then Senior Software Engineer.
- Top school: UC Berkeley, listed by 6 of the 21 people here with one on file (28.6%). Then Stanford (4).
- 67% of the 21 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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