Zelcastalumni map

People who leave Oculus VR most often go to Meta. 19% go small

These are the engineers in the Zelcast network and the profiles run through the Eng Scorer, not Oculus VR's headcount: 22 people on a map of 26,572, the No. 454 company on it by people. Updated August 20, 2026.

People on the map
220.1% of everyone on the map
There now
314% of the people here
Moved on
1986% of the people here
Median tenure
only 17 stays here have both a start and an end on the record, too few to take a median from

Put Oculus VR side by side with another company, every number against every number.

Came from, went to

Ribbon width is the number of people who made the move. Most arrive from Meta. Most leave for Meta (25% of recorded departures).

Oculus VR17 in · 16 out
4 of 17 recorded arrivals shown, 13 more from 13 other companies4 of 16 recorded departures shown, 12 more to 11 other companies

After Oculus VR

  • 19%Joined a startup3
  • 38%Joined a big company6
  • 44%Elsewhere

Shares of those who moved on, by their next stop.

How long people stay

6%<1y
12%1-2y
35%2-4y
24%4-7y
24%7y+
median tenure

17 stays with both a start and an end on the record.

Who comes and goes, by year

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16
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19
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joined left2026 is a partial year

2012 to 2026: 23 joined, 20 left.

Caliber

Not enough scored profiles here yet (22).

Titles held here

  1. Software Engineer11
  2. Software Engineer Intern4

2 most common titles, by people who held them.

First job on the record for 5% of people here.

Where they studied

  1. Penn13.6%
  2. Stanford13.6%

The 2 most listed schools among the 22 people here with a school on file.

Of the 22 people here with a school on file, 3 list Penn and 3 list Stanford. A person can list more than one school, so these overlap rather than add up.

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 than that here.

Where they are now

64% of the people who have worked at Oculus VR and list a location live in the San Francisco Bay Area today, against 47% of everyone on the map.

Oculus VR
Everyone on the map
  • 64%SF Bay Area14 · map 47%
  • 18%New York4 · map 33%
  • 18%Somewhere else4

All 22 people who worked at Oculus VR 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 they worked at Oculus VR: a metro here does not mean the company has an office in it. The lower strip is the same metros across the whole map, for comparison.

Key facts

  • 22 people on the Zelcast alumni map have worked at Oculus VR: 3 are there now and 19 have moved on.
  • The most common next employer after Oculus VR is Meta (4 people, 25% of recorded departures).
  • The most common previous employer before Oculus VR is Meta (4 people).
  • Of those who moved on from Oculus VR, fewer than 3 went on to a founder title, 19% joined a company with 200 or fewer people, and 38% joined a company with 10,000 or more.
  • The most common title held at Oculus VR is Software Engineer, then Software Engineer Intern.
  • Of the 22 people here with a school on file, 3 list Penn (13.6%), then Stanford (3). A person can list more than one school, so these overlap rather than add up.
  • 64% of the 22 people here who list a location live in SF Bay Area today, against 47% of everyone on the map. That is where they live now, not the office they sat in while they worked here.

About this data: built from 144,786 jobs across 26,572 engineers in the Zelcast network and Eng Scorer reads, updated August 20, 2026. A move counts when the next role starts within 24 months of leaving; companies with fewer than 20 people on the map are not shown, and destinations with fewer than 3 people are folded into the totals. Caliber is the Eng Scorer score.

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