After Nike
- 3%Founded something3
- 19%Joined a startup18
- 39%Joined a big company37
- 39%Elsewhere
Shares of those who moved on, by their next stop.
People who leave Nike most often go to Amazon, Meta and Microsoft. Of them, 3% found something next and 19% go somewhere small. The median tenure is 1y 11m
Not Nike's headcount: these are the engineers in the Zelcast network and the profiles run through the Eng Scorer. 112 people on a map of 67,181, No. 209 on it by people. Updated September 30, 2026.
- People on the map
- 1120.2% of everyone on the map
- There now
- 1614% of the people here
- Moved on
- 9686% of the people here
- Median tenure
- 1y 11mmiddle half 11m to 3y 3m
Came from, went to
Ribbon width is the number of people who made the move. Most leave for Amazon (3% of recorded departures).
103 recorded arrivals from 99 companies, none more than 2 from any one of them
Amazon33%0 of 103 recorded arrivals shown, 103 more from 99 other companies9 of 100 recorded departures shown, 91 more to 87 other companies
How long people stay
29%<1y
25%1-2y
30%2-4y
9%4-7y
7%7y+
100 stays with both a start and an end on the record.
Who comes and goes, by year
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3013
8314
7315
7316
121117
171118
141419
111320
121721
14922
151223
81024
0525
0<326
joined left2026 is a partial year
2012 to 2026: 129 joined, 113 left.
Caliber
77mediantop 10%84
0Eng Scorer caliber, 47 scored99
Titles held here
- Software Engineer15
- Software Engineer Intern14
- Machine Learning Engineer10
- Senior Software Engineer9
- Lead Software Engineer5
- Senior Machine Learning Engineer5
- Data Engineer4
- Data Scientist4
8 most common titles, by people who held them.
First job on the record for 13% of people here.
Behind the median
Everyone here with an Eng Scorer read, placed in their caliber tier.
- 6%Strong3 people
- 30%Solid14 people
- 51%Emerging24 people
- 13%Unproven6 people
47 of the 112 people here carry an Eng Scorer tier.
3 of the 47 people here with a read sit in exceptional or strong, the top two of the five tiers, 6%. 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.
Whether a title rose here
The level of the first title recorded here, against the last.
37%Titles that rose34 of 91 classified people
- 37%Rose34 people
- 56%Stayed level51 people
- 7%Fell6 people
91 of the 112 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
- Georgia Tech11.7%
- UC Berkeley4.5%
- University of Washington4.5%
- Carnegie Mellon3.6%
- Portland State University3.6%
- UC San Diego3.6%
- UCLA3.6%
- UMass Amherst3.6%
The 8 most listed schools among the 111 people here with a school on file.
13 of the 111 people here with a school on file list Georgia Tech, 5 list UC Berkeley and 5 list University of Washington. A person can list more than one, so these overlap.
Public work
one square is one in a hundred
32%have a public GitHub account on their profile
36 of the 112 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
23% of the people who have worked at Nike and list a location live in New York today, against 18% of everyone on the map.
Nike
Everyone on the map
- 23%New York26 · map 18%
- 17%SF Bay Area19 · map 41%
- 9%Washington DC10 · map 13%
- 8%Los Angeles9 · map 5%
- 8%Portland9 · map 0.2%
- 8%Seattle9 · map 5%
- 4%Atlanta4 · map 1%
- 23%Somewhere else26
All 112 people who worked at Nike 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 Nike: 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 Nike, at any point in a career.
Key facts
- 112 people on the Zelcast alumni map have worked at Nike: 16 are there now, 96 have moved on.
- Most leave for Amazon: 3 people, 3% of recorded departures. Then Meta and Microsoft.
- Median tenure at Nike: 1y 11m, middle half 11m to 3y 3m.
- Of the people with a recorded next move after Nike, 3% went to a founder title next, 19% joined a company of 200 or fewer, and 39% joined one of 10,000 or more.
- Median Eng Scorer caliber here: 77 on the 0 to 99 scale, across 47 scored people.
- Most common title held here: Software Engineer, then Software Engineer Intern.
- Top school: Georgia Tech, listed by 13 of the 111 people here with one on file (11.7%). Then UC Berkeley (5).
- 23% of the 112 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.
- 32% of the 112 people here whose profile was checked for public accounts have a public GitHub.
- 34 rose, 51 stayed level, 6 fell, out of the 91 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.
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