After Whatnot
- 100%Elsewhere
Shares of those who moved on, by their next stop.
People who leave Whatnot most often go to a long tail of companies
These are the engineers in the Zelcast network and the profiles run through the Eng Scorer, not Whatnot's headcount: 21 people on a map of 26,572, the No. 483 company on it by people. Updated August 20, 2026.
- People on the map
- 210.1% of everyone on the map
- There now
- 1152% of the people here
- Moved on
- 1048% of the people here
- Median tenure
- –only 19 stays here have both a start and an end on the record, too few to take a median from
Put Whatnot 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 arrive from Pinterest.
10 recorded departures to 10 companies, none more than 2 to any one of them
3Pinterest3 of 20 recorded arrivals shown, 17 more from 15 other companies0 of 10 recorded departures shown, 10 more to 10 other companies
How long people stay
26%<1y
11%1-2y
42%2-4y
21%4-7y
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19 stays with both a start and an end on the record.
Who comes and goes, by year
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joined left2026 is a partial year
2012 to 2026: 21 joined, 10 left.
Caliber
Not enough scored profiles here yet (21).
Titles held here
- Software Engineer10
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.All 21 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
43% of the people who have worked at Whatnot and list a location live in New York today, against 33% of everyone on the map.
Whatnot
Everyone on the map
- 43%New York9 · map 33%
- 33%SF Bay Area7 · map 47%
- 19%Los Angeles4 · map 6%
All 21 people who worked at Whatnot 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 Whatnot: 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 Whatnot, at any point in a career.
Key facts
- 21 people on the Zelcast alumni map have worked at Whatnot: 11 are there now and 10 have moved on.
- The most common previous employer before Whatnot is Pinterest (3 people).
- Of those who moved on from Whatnot, 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 Whatnot is Software Engineer.
- 43% of the 21 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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