After Watershed
- 33%Joined a startup4
- 67%Elsewhere
Shares of those who moved on, by their next stop.
People who leave Watershed most often go to Midjourney. 33% go small. Median stay 2y 3m
These are the engineers in the Zelcast network and the profiles run through the Eng Scorer, not Watershed's headcount: 22 people on a map of 26,572, the No. 461 company on it by people. Updated August 20, 2026.
- People on the map
- 220.1% of everyone on the map
- There now
- 941% of the people here
- Moved on
- 1359% of the people here
- Median tenure
- 2y 3mmiddle half 1y 4m to 3y 7m
Put Watershed 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. Most leave for Midjourney (21% of recorded departures).
22 recorded arrivals from 20 companies, none more than 2 from any one of them
Midjourney321%0 of 22 recorded arrivals shown, 22 more from 20 other companies3 of 14 recorded departures shown, 11 more to 10 other companies
How long people stay
5%<1y
38%1-2y
52%2-4y
5%4-7y
0%7y+
21 stays with both a start and an end on the record.
Who comes and goes, by year
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2021
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joined left2026 is a partial year
2012 to 2026: 26 joined, 17 left.
Caliber
Not enough scored profiles here yet (22).
Titles held here
- Software Engineer15
- Engineering Manager4
- Senior Software Engineer3
- Software Engineer Intern3
4 most common titles, by people who held them.
Where they studied
- MIT22.7%
- Brown13.6%
- UC Berkeley13.6%
The 3 most listed schools among the 22 people here with a school on file.
Of the 22 people here with a school on file, 5 list MIT, 3 list Brown and 3 list UC Berkeley. A person can list more than one school, so these overlap rather than add up.
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
82% of the people who have worked at Watershed and list a location live in the San Francisco Bay Area today, against 47% of everyone on the map.
Watershed
Everyone on the map
- 82%SF Bay Area18 · map 47%
- 18%New York4 · map 33%
All 22 people who worked at Watershed 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 Watershed: 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 Watershed, at any point in a career.
Key facts
- 22 people on the Zelcast alumni map have worked at Watershed: 9 are there now and 13 have moved on.
- The most common next employer after Watershed is Midjourney (3 people, 21% of recorded departures).
- The median tenure at Watershed is 2y 3m (middle half 1y 4m to 3y 7m).
- Of those who moved on from Watershed, fewer than 3 went on to a founder title, 33% 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 Watershed is Software Engineer, then Engineering Manager.
- Of the 22 people here with a school on file, 5 list MIT (22.7%), then Brown (3). A person can list more than one school, so these overlap rather than add up.
- 82% of the 22 people here who list a location live in SF Bay Area today, against 47% 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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