After Observe
- 100%Elsewhere
Shares of those who moved on, by their next stop.
People who leave Observe most often go to Snowflake. The median tenure is 1y 6m
Not Observe's headcount: these are the engineers in the Zelcast network and the profiles run through the Eng Scorer. 24 people on a map of 67,181, No. 1,060 on it by people. Updated September 30, 2026.
- People on the map
- 24Under 0.1% of everyone on the map
- There now
- 28% of the people here
- Moved on
- 2292% of the people here
- Median tenure
- 1y 6mmiddle half 6m to 2y 6m
Came from, went to
Ribbon width is the number of people who made the move. Most leave for Snowflake (30% of recorded departures).
20 recorded arrivals from 19 companies, none more than 2 from any one of them
0 of 20 recorded arrivals shown, 20 more from 19 other companies7 of 23 recorded departures shown, 16 more to 14 other companies
How long people stay
35%<1y
22%1-2y
30%2-4y
13%4-7y
0%7y+
23 stays with both a start and an end on the record.
Who comes and goes, by year
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4<320
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5424
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joined left2026 is a partial year
2018 to 2026: 27 joined, 25 left.
Caliber
Not enough scored profiles here yet (14).
Titles held here
- Software Engineer12
- Senior Software Engineer6
- Staff Software Engineer6
- Software Engineer Intern4
4 most common titles, by people who held them.
First job on the record for 8% of people here.
Whether a title rose here
The level of the first title recorded here, against the last.
39%Titles that rose9 of 23 classified people
- 39%Rose9 people
- 61%Stayed level or fell14 people
23 of the 24 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 Berkeley33.3%
The one school among the 24 people here with a school on file.
8 of the 24 people here with a school on file list UC Berkeley.
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
92% of the people who have worked at Observe and list a location live in the San Francisco Bay Area today, against 41% of everyone on the map.
Observe
Everyone on the map
- 92%SF Bay Area22 · map 41%
All 24 people who worked at Observe 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 Observe: 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 Observe, at any point in a career.
Key facts
- 24 people on the Zelcast alumni map have worked at Observe: 2 are there now, 22 have moved on.
- Most leave for Snowflake: 7 people, 30% of recorded departures.
- Median tenure at Observe: 1y 6m, middle half 6m to 2y 6m.
- Of the people with a recorded next move after Observe, fewer than 3 went to a founder title next, fewer than 3 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.
- Top school: UC Berkeley, listed by 8 of the 24 people here with one on file (33.3%).
- 92% of the 24 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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