After Persona
- 50%Joined a big company5
- 50%Elsewhere
Shares of those who moved on, by their next stop.
People who leave Persona most often go to a long tail of companies. Median stay 3y 1m
These are the engineers in the Zelcast network and the profiles run through the Eng Scorer, not Persona's headcount: 47 people on a map of 26,572, the No. 204 company on it by people. Updated August 20, 2026.
- People on the map
- 470.2% of everyone on the map
- There now
- 3779% of the people here
- Moved on
- 1021% of the people here
- Median tenure
- 3y 1mmiddle half 1y 3m to 5y 2m
Put Persona 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 Square.
How long people stay
25%<1y
16%1-2y
14%2-4y
43%4-7y
2%7y+
44 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: 49 joined, 12 left.
Caliber
82mediantop 10%86
0Eng Scorer caliber, 47 scored99
Titles held here
- Software Engineer35
- Software Engineer Intern5
- Engineering Manager4
3 most common titles, by people who held them.
First job on the record for 2% of people here.
Behind the median
Everyone here with an Eng Scorer read, placed in their caliber tier.
- 11%Strong5 people
- 49%Solid23 people
- 34%Emerging16 people
- 6%Unproven3 people
47 of the 47 people here carry an Eng Scorer tier.
Exceptional and strong are the top two of the five tiers. 5 of the 47 people here with a read sit in them, 11%. A tier is the band an Eng Scorer caliber score falls in, so this is the same measurement as the median on the caliber card, opened up.
Where they studied
- University of Waterloo14.9%
- UC Berkeley8.5%
- USC8.5%
The 3 most listed schools among the 47 people here with a school on file.
Of the 47 people here with a school on file, 7 list University of Waterloo, 4 list UC Berkeley and 4 list USC. A person can list more than one school, so these overlap rather than add up.
Public work
one square is one in a hundred
47%have a public GitHub account on their profile
22 of the 47 people here whose profile was checked for public accounts. An account the check did not find reads the same as no account, so this is a floor rather than a census.
Across the 325 companies on the map that can show this figure, the median is 38%.
Where they are now
81% of the people who have worked at Persona and list a location live in the San Francisco Bay Area today, against 47% of everyone on the map.
Persona
Everyone on the map
- 81%SF Bay Area38 · map 47%
- 17%New York8 · map 33%
All 47 people who worked at Persona 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 Persona: 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.
On the same resumes
Companies that show up most often alongside Persona, at any point in a career.
Key facts
- 47 people on the Zelcast alumni map have worked at Persona: 37 are there now and 10 have moved on.
- The most common previous employer before Persona is Square (6 people), followed by Dropbox.
- The median tenure at Persona is 3y 1m (middle half 1y 3m to 5y 2m).
- Of those who moved on from Persona, fewer than 3 went on to a founder title, fewer than 3 joined a company with 200 or fewer people, and 50% joined a company with 10,000 or more.
- The median Eng Scorer caliber of people who have worked at Persona is 82 on the 0 to 99 scale (47 scored).
- The most common title held at Persona is Software Engineer, then Software Engineer Intern.
- Of the 47 people here with a school on file, 7 list University of Waterloo (14.9%), then UC Berkeley (4). A person can list more than one school, so these overlap rather than add up.
- 81% of the 47 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.
- 47% of the 47 people here whose profile was checked for public accounts have a public GitHub account on it.
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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