After Salesforce
- 3%Founded something22
- 17%Joined a startup112
- 34%Joined a big company222
- 46%Elsewhere
Shares of those who moved on, by their next stop.
People who leave Salesforce most often go to Meta, Google and Microsoft. Of them, 3% found something next and 17% go somewhere small. The median tenure is 2y 9m
Not Salesforce's headcount: these are the engineers in the Zelcast network and the profiles run through the Eng Scorer. 910 people on a map of 67,181, No. 24 on it by people. Updated September 30, 2026.
- People on the map
- 9101.4% of everyone on the map
- There now
- 26229% of the people here
- Moved on
- 64871% of the people here
- Median tenure
- 2y 9mmiddle half 1y 4m to 4y 7m
Came from, went to
Ribbon width is the number of people who made the move. Most arrive from Microsoft. Most leave for Meta (9% of recorded departures).
135 of 861 recorded arrivals shown, 726 more from 572 other companies219 of 703 recorded departures shown, 484 more to 360 other companies
The Salesforce mafia
22 of the people who left went straight to a founding role, 3% of those who moved on, half of them the same month they left. The bars cover the ’15 to ’26 classes; earlier founders still count in the total.
How long people stay
15%<1y
20%1-2y
32%2-4y
24%4-7y
8%7y+
736 stays with both a start and an end on the record.
Who comes and goes, by year
18412
231513
312314
533615
734616
936217
1137618
1199319
1077720
15011821
12412522
678223
625124
544425
241926
joined left2026 is a partial year
2012 to 2026: 1,111 joined, 871 left.
Caliber
81mediantop 10%88
0Eng Scorer caliber, 501 scored99
there now 78 moved on 83. The people who left score higher than the people still there.
Titles held here
- Software Engineer Intern292
- Software Engineer223
- Senior Software Engineer118
- Lead Software Engineer63
- Member of Technical Staff50
- Senior Member of Technical Staff39
- Associate Software Engineer33
- Lead Member of Technical Staff32
8 most common titles, by people who held them.
First job on the record for 9% of people here.
Behind the median
Everyone here with an Eng Scorer read, placed in their caliber tier.
- 2%Exceptional12 people
- 13%Strong64 people
- 39%Solid197 people
- 41%Emerging203 people
- 5%Unproven25 people
501 of the 910 people here carry an Eng Scorer tier.
76 of the 501 people here with a read sit in exceptional or strong, the top two of the five tiers, 15%. 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.
45%Titles that rose316 of 701 classified people
- 45%Rose316 people
- 42%Stayed level296 people
- 13%Fell89 people
701 of the 910 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
- UC Berkeley15.7%
- Georgia Tech9.5%
- Carnegie Mellon6.4%
- Stanford5.8%
- UC San Diego3.9%
- UIUC3.4%
- MIT3.2%
- UCLA3.0%
The 8 most listed schools among the 907 people here with a school on file.
142 of the 907 people here with a school on file list UC Berkeley, 86 list Georgia Tech and 58 list Carnegie Mellon. A person can list more than one, so these overlap.
Public work
one square is one in a hundred
39%have a public GitHub account on their profile
354 of the 910 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
62% of the people who have worked at Salesforce and list a location live in the San Francisco Bay Area today, against 41% of everyone on the map.
Salesforce
Everyone on the map
- 62%SF Bay Area564 · map 41%
- 17%New York156 · map 18%
- 5%Seattle49 · map 5%
- 4%Washington DC36 · map 13%
- 3%Los Angeles28 · map 5%
- 1%Atlanta11 · map 1%
- 0.7%Boston6 · map 2%
- 0.5%San Diego5 · map 0.5%
- 6%Somewhere else55
All 910 people who worked at Salesforce 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 Salesforce: 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 Salesforce, at any point in a career.
Key facts
- 910 people on the Zelcast alumni map have worked at Salesforce: 262 are there now, 648 have moved on.
- Most leave for Meta: 64 people, 9% of recorded departures. Then Google and Microsoft.
- Most arrive from Microsoft: 31 people. Then Amazon and Google.
- Median tenure at Salesforce: 2y 9m, middle half 1y 4m to 4y 7m.
- Of the people with a recorded next move after Salesforce, 3% went to a founder title next, 17% joined a company of 200 or fewer, and 34% joined one of 10,000 or more.
- Median Eng Scorer caliber here: 81 on the 0 to 99 scale, across 501 scored people.
- Most common title held here: Software Engineer Intern, then Software Engineer.
- Top school: UC Berkeley, listed by 142 of the 907 people here with one on file (15.7%). Then Georgia Tech (86).
- 62% of the 910 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.
- 39% of the 910 people here whose profile was checked for public accounts have a public GitHub.
- 316 rose, 296 stayed level, 89 fell, out of the 701 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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