After WhatsApp
- 27%Joined a big company4
- 73%Elsewhere
Shares of those who moved on, by their next stop.
People who leave WhatsApp most often go to Meta
These are the engineers in the Zelcast network and the profiles run through the Eng Scorer, not WhatsApp's headcount: 26 people on a map of 26,572, the No. 377 company on it by people. Updated August 20, 2026.
- People on the map
- 260.1% of everyone on the map
- There now
- 935% of the people here
- Moved on
- 1765% of the people here
- Median tenure
- –only 15 stays here have both a start and an end on the record, too few to take a median from
Put WhatsApp 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 Meta. Most leave for Meta (27% of recorded departures).
How long people stay
7%<1y
27%1-2y
20%2-4y
40%4-7y
7%7y+
15 stays with both a start and an end on the record.
Who comes and goes, by year
1112
1113
0014
2115
1116
5517
3118
2119
3220
4321
2122
2123
0024
0025
1026
joined left2026 is a partial year
2012 to 2026: 27 joined, 18 left.
Caliber
Not enough scored profiles here yet (26).
Titles held here
- Software Engineer Intern9
- Software Engineer6
- Engineering Manager3
3 most common titles, by people who held them.
First job on the record for 12% of people here.
Where they studied
- Carnegie Mellon23.1%
- Stanford11.5%
The 2 most listed schools among the 26 people here with a school on file.
Of the 26 people here with a school on file, 6 list Carnegie Mellon and 3 list Stanford. 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
81% of the people who have worked at WhatsApp and list a location live in the San Francisco Bay Area today, against 47% of everyone on the map.
WhatsApp
Everyone on the map
- 81%SF Bay Area21 · map 47%
- 15%New York4 · map 33%
All 26 people who worked at WhatsApp 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 WhatsApp: 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 WhatsApp, at any point in a career.
Key facts
- 26 people on the Zelcast alumni map have worked at WhatsApp: 9 are there now and 17 have moved on.
- The most common next employer after WhatsApp is Meta (4 people, 27% of recorded departures).
- The most common previous employer before WhatsApp is Meta (6 people).
- Of those who moved on from WhatsApp, fewer than 3 went on to a founder title, fewer than 3 joined a company with 200 or fewer people, and 27% joined a company with 10,000 or more.
- The most common title held at WhatsApp is Software Engineer Intern, then Software Engineer.
- Of the 26 people here with a school on file, 6 list Carnegie Mellon (23.1%), then Stanford (3). A person can list more than one school, so these overlap rather than add up.
- 81% of the 26 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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