Facebook's bootcamp: do people get cut?

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I saw some stat that ~10% of facebook new hires don't get through the six-week bootcamp. Is this true?

Why 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."

The 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?

The 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.

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