After WD
- 21%Joined a startup6
- 21%Joined a big company6
- 57%Elsewhere
Shares of those who moved on, by their next stop.
People who leave WD most often go to a long tail of companies. 21% go small
These are the engineers in the Zelcast network and the profiles run through the Eng Scorer, not WD's headcount: 29 people on a map of 26,572, the No. 334 company on it by people. Updated August 20, 2026.
- People on the map
- 290.1% of everyone on the map
- There now
- 00% of the people here
- Moved on
- 29100% of the people here
- Median tenure
- –only 16 stays here have both a start and an end on the record, too few to take a median from
Put WD 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 WD yet.
How long people stay
13%<1y
50%1-2y
19%2-4y
19%4-7y
0%7y+
16 stays with both a start and an end on the record.
Who comes and goes, by year
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2213
1214
0015
4016
2217
5418
7419
6420
2721
1422
0123
0124
0025
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joined left2026 is a partial year
2012 to 2026: 30 joined, 31 left.
Caliber
Not enough scored profiles here yet (29).
Titles held here
- Software Engineer5
- Software Engineer Intern5
- Senior Engineer3
3 most common titles, by people who held them.
First job on the record for 45% of people here.
Whether a title rose here
The level of the first title recorded here, against the last.
60%Titles that rose15 of 25 classified people
- 60%Rose15 people
- 40%Stayed level or fell10 people
25 of the 29 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 who recorded one title here and then left, it is 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. A title that matches no rung is left out rather than guessed, and product, program and project managers are left out entirely, being a different ladder. That leaves 25 of the 29 people here classified, and it leans towards people who have left: someone still here on a single recorded title has nothing to be measured against. A direction holding fewer than 3 people is printed together with the one next to it, because a bucket that small is a person rather than a pattern.
Where they studied
- San Jose State13.8%
- UC San Diego13.8%
- UC Berkeley10.3%
- UC Irvine10.3%
The 4 most listed schools among the 29 people here with a school on file.
Of the 29 people here with a school on file, 4 list San Jose State, 4 list UC San Diego 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
83% of the people who have worked at WD and list a location live in the San Francisco Bay Area today, against 47% of everyone on the map.
WD
Everyone on the map
- 83%SF Bay Area24 · map 47%
- 14%New York4 · map 33%
All 29 people who worked at WD 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 WD: 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 WD, at any point in a career.
Key facts
- 29 people on the Zelcast alumni map have worked at WD: 0 are there now and 29 have moved on.
- Of those who moved on from WD, fewer than 3 went on to a founder title, 21% joined a company with 200 or fewer people, and 21% joined a company with 10,000 or more.
- The most common title held at WD is Software Engineer, then Software Engineer Intern.
- Of the 29 people here with a school on file, 4 list San Jose State (13.8%), then UC San Diego (4). A person can list more than one school, so these overlap rather than add up.
- 83% of the 29 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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