The mid-September 2005 SEED kick off event is booked and ready to go with 2 full days
of speakers and tours. Tours include Sun’s
Executive Briefing Center,
the
Server Ranch,and the Usability Lab.
Over 80 people are already registered to attend or participate remotely. 15 will attend using partial travel scholarships from SEED. Scholarship winners are coming from Russia, Singapore, China, India, the Czech Republic, and Germany. Quite of few of the non-US-based participants
have already arrived in the Bay Area and are taking advantage of the event timing in order
to have an extended visit with their US-based teammates.
New Hire & Established Staff 2005-2006 terms: 69 of the 71 participants have been matched
with mentors so far. The last two are in discussions with potential mentors. Over 75% of
mentors matched so far are executives:
- 38 of the matches are with Directors or Distinguished Engineers.
- 16 of the matches are with Vice Presidents or Fellows.
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