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Facebook's bootcamp: do people get cut?
I saw some stat that ~10% of facebook new hires don't get through the six-week bootcamp. Is this true?
- bonemachine 13y agoWhy of course -- a certain percent get "counseled out of the organization", according to widespread reports. That's part of the reason why they call it "bootcamp."
- bananagrams 13y agoThe only place I've heard of this was from an article that was copied and pasted around the internet. Do you know this for sure?
- bonemachine 13y agoThe article I saw copied and pasted everywhere was a blogpost from someone who went through the bootcamp process (whether this person made it through or not, I'm not sure). And actually, I specifically remembered the "counseled out of the organization" line as a sign that FB -- unlike many tech companies -- is actually tactful and respectful when it comes to letting people go for performance reasons (at least that stage in the process.