After Ridgeline
- 25%Joined a startup3
- 75%Elsewhere
Shares of those who moved on, by their next stop.
People who leave Ridgeline most often go to a long tail of companies. 25% go small. Median stay 2y 11m
These are the engineers in the Zelcast network and the profiles run through the Eng Scorer, not Ridgeline's headcount: 27 people on a map of 26,572, the No. 356 company on it by people. Updated August 20, 2026.
- People on the map
- 270.1% of everyone on the map
- There now
- 1556% of the people here
- Moved on
- 1244% of the people here
- Median tenure
- 2y 11mmiddle half 2y 5m to 5y 9m
Put Ridgeline 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 Google.
How long people stay
12%<1y
8%1-2y
48%2-4y
24%4-7y
8%7y+
25 stays with both a start and an end on the record.
Who comes and goes, by year
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0014
0015
0016
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1018
5119
6020
3321
5422
6323
2024
1325
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joined left2026 is a partial year
2012 to 2026: 29 joined, 14 left.
Caliber
Not enough scored profiles here yet (27).
Titles held here
- Senior Software Engineer9
- Product Engineer8
- Engineering Manager6
- Senior Product Engineer4
- Staff Software Engineer4
5 most common titles, by people who held them.
First job on the record for 4% of people here.
Whether a title rose here
The level of the first title recorded here, against the last.
62%Titles that rose13 of 21 classified people
- 62%Rose13 people
- 38%Stayed level or fell8 people
21 of the 27 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 who recorded one title here and then left, it is 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. A title that matches no rung is left out rather than guessed, and product, program and project managers are left out entirely, being a different ladder. That leaves 21 of the 27 people here classified, and it leans towards people who have left: someone still here on a single recorded title has nothing to be measured against. A direction holding fewer than 3 people is printed together with the one next to it, because a bucket that small is a person rather than a pattern.
Where they studied
- Cornell18.5%
- Cal Poly SLO11.1%
The 2 most listed schools among the 27 people here with a school on file.
Of the 27 people here with a school on file, 5 list Cornell and 3 list Cal Poly SLO. 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
63% of the people who have worked at Ridgeline and list a location live in New York today, against 33% of everyone on the map.
Ridgeline
Everyone on the map
- 63%New York17 · map 33%
- 33%SF Bay Area9 · map 47%
All 27 people who worked at Ridgeline 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 Ridgeline: 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 Ridgeline, at any point in a career.
Key facts
- 27 people on the Zelcast alumni map have worked at Ridgeline: 15 are there now and 12 have moved on.
- The most common previous employer before Ridgeline is Google (3 people), followed by Workday.
- The median tenure at Ridgeline is 2y 11m (middle half 2y 5m to 5y 9m).
- Of those who moved on from Ridgeline, fewer than 3 went on to a founder title, 25% joined a company with 200 or fewer people, and fewer than 3 joined a company with 10,000 or more.
- The most common title held at Ridgeline is Senior Software Engineer, then Product Engineer.
- Of the 27 people here with a school on file, 5 list Cornell (18.5%), then Cal Poly SLO (3). A person can list more than one school, so these overlap rather than add up.
- 63% of the 27 people here who list a location live in New York today, against 33% 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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