After VMware
- 4%Founded something16
- 16%Joined a startup72
- 42%Joined a big company185
- 39%Elsewhere
Shares of those who moved on, by their next stop.
People who leave VMware most often go to Google, Broadcom and Meta. Of them, 4% found something next and 16% go somewhere small. The median tenure is 2y 3m
Not VMware's headcount: these are the engineers in the Zelcast network and the profiles run through the Eng Scorer. 481 people on a map of 67,181, No. 43 on it by people. Updated September 30, 2026.
- People on the map
- 4810.7% of everyone on the map
- There now
- 133% of the people here
- Moved on
- 46897% of the people here
- Median tenure
- 2y 3mmiddle half 1y 4m to 3y 6m
Came from, went to
Ribbon width is the number of people who made the move. Most arrive from Cisco. Most leave for Google (10% of recorded departures).
85 of 388 recorded arrivals shown, 303 more from 262 other companies167 of 463 recorded departures shown, 296 more to 225 other companies
The VMware mafia
16 of the people who left went straight to a founding role, 4% 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
26%1-2y
39%2-4y
16%4-7y
4%7y+
384 stays with both a start and an end on the record.
Who comes and goes, by year
372412
362513
352814
232115
253716
432417
383818
514719
734020
654021
375922
55023
04524
0525
0026
joined left2026 is a partial year
2012 to 2026: 468 joined, 483 left.
Caliber
82mediantop 10%91
0Eng Scorer caliber, 242 scored99
Titles held here
- Member of Technical Staff82
- Software Engineer80
- Senior Member of Technical Staff48
- Software Engineer Intern43
- Member of Technical Staff III31
- Member of Technical Staff II28
- Member of Technical Staff Intern25
- Senior Software Engineer25
8 most common titles, by people who held them.
First job on the record for 21% of people here.
Behind the median
Everyone here with an Eng Scorer read, placed in their caliber tier.
- 4%Exceptional9 people
- 17%Strong41 people
- 40%Solid98 people
- 36%Emerging86 people
- 3%Unproven8 people
242 of the 481 people here carry an Eng Scorer tier.
50 of the 242 people here with a read sit in exceptional or strong, the top two of the five tiers, 21%. 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.
35%Titles that rose151 of 430 classified people
- 35%Rose151 people
- 40%Stayed level170 people
- 25%Fell109 people
430 of the 481 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
- Carnegie Mellon7.7%
- UC Berkeley7.5%
- Georgia Tech7.1%
- Stanford7.1%
- UIUC3.8%
- Cornell3.6%
- Stony Brook3.6%
- USC2.9%
The 8 most listed schools among the 479 people here with a school on file.
37 of the 479 people here with a school on file list Carnegie Mellon, 36 list UC Berkeley and 34 list Georgia Tech. A person can list more than one, so these overlap.
Public work
one square is one in a hundred
49%have a public GitHub account on their profile
235 of the 481 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
70% of the people who have worked at VMware and list a location live in the San Francisco Bay Area today, against 41% of everyone on the map.
VMware
Everyone on the map
- 70%SF Bay Area339 · map 41%
- 11%New York55 · map 18%
- 5%Seattle24 · map 5%
- 4%Washington DC18 · map 13%
- 2%Austin8 · map 0.8%
- 1%Los Angeles6 · map 5%
- 0.6%Atlanta3 · map 1%
- 0.6%Chicago3 · map 0.6%
- 5%Somewhere else25
All 481 people who worked at VMware 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 VMware: 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 VMware, at any point in a career.
Key facts
- 481 people on the Zelcast alumni map have worked at VMware: 13 are there now, 468 have moved on.
- Most leave for Google: 45 people, 10% of recorded departures. Then Broadcom and Meta.
- Most arrive from Cisco: 17 people. Then Amazon and Pivotal Software.
- Median tenure at VMware: 2y 3m, middle half 1y 4m to 3y 6m.
- Of the people with a recorded next move after VMware, 4% went to a founder title next, 16% joined a company of 200 or fewer, and 42% joined one of 10,000 or more.
- Median Eng Scorer caliber here: 82 on the 0 to 99 scale, across 242 scored people.
- Most common title held here: Member of Technical Staff, then Software Engineer.
- Top school: Carnegie Mellon, listed by 37 of the 479 people here with one on file (7.7%). Then UC Berkeley (36).
- 70% of the 481 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.
- 49% of the 481 people here whose profile was checked for public accounts have a public GitHub.
- 151 rose, 170 stayed level, 109 fell, out of the 430 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.
Worked at VMware? See how your profile reads to a startup hiring manager, and where it ranks among 67,181 engineers.
Arrow keys move along the map.