After Whatnot
- 100%Elsewhere
Shares of those who moved on, by their next stop.
People who leave Whatnot most often go to Anthropic. The median tenure is 2y 2m
Not Whatnot's headcount: these are the engineers in the Zelcast network and the profiles run through the Eng Scorer. 38 people on a map of 67,181, No. 654 on it by people. Updated September 30, 2026.
- People on the map
- 380.1% of everyone on the map
- There now
- 2463% of the people here
- Moved on
- 1437% of the people here
- Median tenure
- 2y 2mmiddle half 1y 2m to 3y 3m
Came from, went to
Ribbon width is the number of people who made the move. Most arrive from Pinterest. Most leave for Anthropic (21% of recorded departures).
8 of 36 recorded arrivals shown, 28 more from 25 other companies3 of 14 recorded departures shown, 11 more to 11 other companies
How long people stay
23%<1y
17%1-2y
46%2-4y
14%4-7y
0%7y+
35 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
2019 to 2026: 39 joined, 15 left.
Caliber
Not enough scored profiles here yet (23).
Titles held here
- Software Engineer17
- Staff Software Engineer5
- Software Engineer Intern4
- Senior Software Engineer3
4 most common titles, by people who held them.
First job on the record for 3% of people here.
Where they studied
- UC Berkeley7.9%
The one school among the 38 people here with a school on file.
3 of the 38 people here with a school on file list UC Berkeley.
Public work
one square is one in a hundred
29%have a public GitHub account on their profile
11 of the 38 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
39% of the people who have worked at Whatnot and list a location live in the San Francisco Bay Area today, against 41% of everyone on the map.
Whatnot
Everyone on the map
- 39%SF Bay Area15 · map 41%
- 29%New York11 · map 18%
- 11%Los Angeles4 · map 5%
- 21%Somewhere else8
All 38 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 working at Whatnot: 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 Whatnot, at any point in a career.
Key facts
- 38 people on the Zelcast alumni map have worked at Whatnot: 24 are there now, 14 have moved on.
- Most leave for Anthropic: 3 people, 21% of recorded departures.
- Most arrive from Pinterest: 5 people. Then Meta.
- Median tenure at Whatnot: 2y 2m, middle half 1y 2m to 3y 3m.
- Of the people with a recorded next move after Whatnot, fewer than 3 went to a founder title next, fewer than 3 joined a company of 200 or fewer, and fewer than 3 joined one of 10,000 or more.
- Most common title held here: Software Engineer, then Staff Software Engineer.
- Top school: UC Berkeley, listed by 3 of the 38 people here with one on file (7.9%).
- 39% of the 38 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.
- 29% of the 38 people here whose profile was checked for public accounts have a public GitHub.
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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