After Toptal
- 100%Elsewhere
Shares of those who moved on, by their next stop.
People who leave Toptal most often go to a long tail of companies. Median stay 1y 5m
These are the engineers in the Zelcast network and the profiles run through the Eng Scorer, not Toptal's headcount: 20 people on a map of 26,572, the No. 514 company on it by people. Updated August 20, 2026.
- People on the map
- 200.1% of everyone on the map
- There now
- 315% of the people here
- Moved on
- 1785% of the people here
- Median tenure
- 1y 5mmiddle half 9m to 2y 11m
Put Toptal 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.
Not enough recorded moves to draw a river for Toptal yet.
How long people stay
30%<1y
30%1-2y
20%2-4y
20%4-7y
0%7y+
20 stays with both a start and an end on the record.
Who comes and goes, by year
0012
0013
0014
1015
2116
0117
5018
3119
4620
2321
1022
0423
0024
1125
1026
joined left2026 is a partial year
2012 to 2026: 20 joined, 17 left.
Caliber
Not enough scored profiles here yet (20).
Titles held here
- Software Engineer4
1 most common titles, by people who held them.
First job on the record for 5% of people here.
Where they studied
Not enough education on the record here.18 of the 20 people here have a school on file, but no single school is listed by as many as 3 of them, and 3 is the fewest this map will count.
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
35% of the people who have worked at Toptal and list a location live in New York today, against 33% of everyone on the map.
Toptal
Everyone on the map
- 35%New York7 · map 33%
- 35%SF Bay Area7 · map 47%
- 20%Los Angeles4 · map 6%
All 20 people who worked at Toptal 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 Toptal: 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 Toptal, at any point in a career.
Key facts
- 20 people on the Zelcast alumni map have worked at Toptal: 3 are there now and 17 have moved on.
- The median tenure at Toptal is 1y 5m (middle half 9m to 2y 11m).
- Of those who moved on from Toptal, fewer than 3 went on to a founder title, fewer than 3 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 Toptal is Software Engineer.
- 35% of the 20 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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