After TSMC
- 40%Joined a big company6
- 60%Elsewhere
Shares of those who moved on, by their next stop.
People who leave TSMC most often go to a long tail of companies. The median tenure is 1y 7m
Not TSMC's headcount: these are the engineers in the Zelcast network and the profiles run through the Eng Scorer. 28 people on a map of 67,181, No. 926 on it by people. Updated September 30, 2026.
- People on the map
- 28Under 0.1% of everyone on the map
- There now
- 1036% of the people here
- Moved on
- 1864% of the people here
- Median tenure
- 1y 7mmiddle half 10m to 3y 5m
Came from, went to
Ribbon width is the number of people who made the move.
Not enough recorded moves to draw a river for TSMC yet.
How long people stay
27%<1y
32%1-2y
18%2-4y
14%4-7y
9%7y+
22 stays with both a start and an end on the record.
Who comes and goes, by year
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<3<314
4015
<3<316
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<3<318
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<3<320
3<321
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<3<323
6<324
4<325
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joined left2026 is a partial year
2013 to 2026: 27 joined, 17 left.
Caliber
Not enough scored profiles here yet (7).
Titles held here
- Principal Engineer5
1 most common titles, by people who held them.
First job on the record for 25% of people here.
Where they studied
- National Chiao Tung University21.4%
- National Taiwan University21.4%
- Carnegie Mellon14.3%
- Peking University10.7%
- UIUC10.7%
The 5 most listed schools among the 28 people here with a school on file.
6 of the 28 people here with a school on file list National Chiao Tung University, 6 list National Taiwan University and 4 list Carnegie Mellon. A person can list more than one, so these overlap.
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 here.
Where they are now
75% of the people who have worked at TSMC and list a location live in the San Francisco Bay Area today, against 41% of everyone on the map.
TSMC
Everyone on the map
- 75%SF Bay Area21 · map 41%
- 25%Somewhere else7
All 28 people who worked at TSMC 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 TSMC: 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 TSMC, at any point in a career.
Key facts
- 28 people on the Zelcast alumni map have worked at TSMC: 10 are there now, 18 have moved on.
- Median tenure at TSMC: 1y 7m, middle half 10m to 3y 5m.
- Of the people with a recorded next move after TSMC, fewer than 3 went to a founder title next, fewer than 3 joined a company of 200 or fewer, and 40% joined one of 10,000 or more.
- Most common title held here: Principal Engineer.
- Top school: National Chiao Tung University, listed by 6 of the 28 people here with one on file (21.4%). Then National Taiwan University (6).
- 75% of the 28 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.
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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