After Zendesk
- 6%Founded something3
- 14%Joined a startup7
- 24%Joined a big company12
- 55%Elsewhere
Shares of those who moved on, by their next stop.
People who leave Zendesk most often go to Coinbase and Google. Of them, 6% found something next and 14% go somewhere small. The median tenure is 2y 9m
Not Zendesk's headcount: these are the engineers in the Zelcast network and the profiles run through the Eng Scorer. 66 people on a map of 67,181, No. 364 on it by people. Updated September 30, 2026.
- People on the map
- 660.1% of everyone on the map
- There now
- 1624% of the people here
- Moved on
- 5076% of the people here
- Median tenure
- 2y 9mmiddle half 1y 4m to 4y 5m
Came from, went to
Ribbon width is the number of people who made the move. Most arrive from Google. Most leave for Coinbase (6% of recorded departures).
3 of 60 recorded arrivals shown, 57 more from 56 other companies6 of 53 recorded departures shown, 47 more to 45 other companies
How long people stay
23%<1y
15%1-2y
28%2-4y
31%4-7y
3%7y+
61 stays with both a start and an end on the record.
Who comes and goes, by year
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<3<313
6<314
4315
6<316
10917
5718
101119
5<320
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51422
5523
<3<324
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joined left2026 is a partial year
2012 to 2026: 78 joined, 63 left.
Caliber
83mediantop 10%88
0Eng Scorer caliber, 46 scored99
Titles held here
- Senior Software Engineer19
- Software Engineer18
- Software Engineer Intern14
- Engineering Manager8
- Staff Software Engineer8
- Senior Staff Software Engineer4
6 most common titles, by people who held them.
First job on the record for 14% of people here.
Behind the median
Everyone here with an Eng Scorer read, placed in their caliber tier.
- 26%Strong12 people
- 35%Solid16 people
- 39%Emerging or unproven18 people
46 of the 66 people here carry an Eng Scorer tier.
12 of the 46 people here with a read sit in exceptional or strong, the top two of the five tiers, 26%. A tier is the band a caliber score falls in, so this is the same measurement as the median on the caliber card, opened up. A tier holding fewer than 3 people is printed with the one next to it, because that few is a person rather than a pattern.
Whether a title rose here
The level of the first title recorded here, against the last.
41%Titles that rose22 of 54 classified people
- 41%Rose22 people
- 46%Stayed level25 people
- 13%Fell7 people
54 of the 66 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 with one title here who then left, it's 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. Titles that match no rung are left out rather than guessed, and product, program and project managers are left out entirely as a different ladder. What's left leans towards people who have left: someone still here on one recorded title has nothing to measure against.
Where they studied
- UC Berkeley23.1%
- UC Davis6.2%
- City College of San Francisco4.6%
- UC San Diego4.6%
- UIUC4.6%
- University of Maryland4.6%
- Yale4.6%
The 7 most listed schools among the 65 people here with a school on file.
15 of the 65 people here with a school on file list UC Berkeley, 4 list UC Davis and 3 list City College of San Francisco. A person can list more than one, so these overlap.
Public work
one square is one in a hundred
52%have a public GitHub account on their profile
34 of the 66 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
73% of the people who have worked at Zendesk and list a location live in the San Francisco Bay Area today, against 41% of everyone on the map.
Zendesk
Everyone on the map
- 73%SF Bay Area48 · map 41%
- 15%New York10 · map 18%
- 12%Somewhere else8
All 66 people who worked at Zendesk 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 Zendesk: 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 Zendesk, at any point in a career.
Key facts
- 66 people on the Zelcast alumni map have worked at Zendesk: 16 are there now, 50 have moved on.
- Most leave for Coinbase: 3 people, 6% of recorded departures. Then Google.
- Most arrive from Google: 3 people.
- Median tenure at Zendesk: 2y 9m, middle half 1y 4m to 4y 5m.
- Of the people with a recorded next move after Zendesk, 6% went to a founder title next, 14% joined a company of 200 or fewer, and 24% joined one of 10,000 or more.
- Median Eng Scorer caliber here: 83 on the 0 to 99 scale, across 46 scored people.
- Most common title held here: Senior Software Engineer, then Software Engineer.
- Top school: UC Berkeley, listed by 15 of the 65 people here with one on file (23.1%). Then UC Davis (4).
- 73% of the 66 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.
- 52% of the 66 people here whose profile was checked for public accounts have a public GitHub.
- 22 rose, 25 stayed level, 7 fell, out of the 54 people here whose title could be placed on a ladder before and after.
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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