After Sequoia Capital
- 24%Founded something5
- 19%Joined a startup4
- 57%Elsewhere
Shares of those who moved on, by their next stop.
People who leave Sequoia Capital most often go to a long tail of companies. Of them, 24% found something next and 19% go somewhere small. The median tenure is 2y 2m
Not Sequoia Capital's headcount: these are the engineers in the Zelcast network and the profiles run through the Eng Scorer. 30 people on a map of 67,181, No. 854 on it by people. Updated September 30, 2026.
- People on the map
- 30Under 0.1% of everyone on the map
- There now
- 620% of the people here
- Moved on
- 2480% of the people here
- Median tenure
- 2y 2mmiddle half 1y to 3y 2m
Came from, went to
Ribbon width is the number of people who made the move.
Not enough recorded moves to draw a river for Sequoia Capital yet.
How long people stay
8%<1y
28%1-2y
48%2-4y
12%4-7y
4%7y+
25 stays with both a start and an end on the record.
Who comes and goes, by year
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<3<315
<3016
4317
5<318
<3419
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3<321
5322
3<323
3424
<3<325
0<326
joined left2026 is a partial year
2014 to 2026: 30 joined, 25 left.
Caliber
Not enough scored profiles here yet (20).
Titles held here
- Scout7
- Campus Ambassador3
- Sequoia Scout3
3 most common titles, by people who held them.
First job on the record for 7% of people here.
Where they studied
- Stanford40.0%
- Cornell10.0%
- Oxford10.0%
The 3 most listed schools among the 30 people here with a school on file.
12 of the 30 people here with a school on file list Stanford, 3 list Cornell and 3 list Oxford. A person can list more than one, so these overlap.
Public work
one square is one in a hundred
57%have a public GitHub account on their profile
17 of the 30 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
73% of the people who have worked at Sequoia Capital and list a location live in the San Francisco Bay Area today, against 41% of everyone on the map.
Sequoia Capital
Everyone on the map
- 73%SF Bay Area22 · map 41%
- 13%New York4 · map 18%
- 10%Los Angeles3 · map 5%
All 30 people who worked at Sequoia Capital 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 Sequoia Capital: 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 Sequoia Capital, at any point in a career.
Key facts
- 30 people on the Zelcast alumni map have worked at Sequoia Capital: 6 are there now, 24 have moved on.
- Median tenure at Sequoia Capital: 2y 2m, middle half 1y to 3y 2m.
- Of the people with a recorded next move after Sequoia Capital, 24% went to a founder title next, 19% joined a company of 200 or fewer, and fewer than 3 joined one of 10,000 or more.
- Most common title held here: Scout, then Campus Ambassador.
- Top school: Stanford, listed by 12 of the 30 people here with one on file (40.0%). Then Cornell (3).
- 73% of the 30 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.
- 57% of the 30 people here whose profile was checked for public accounts have a public GitHub.
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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