Out of the 45 applicants to the SEED mentoring program from Russia
and Israel, 10 have so far submitted the minimum materials required
for a complete application package. The deadline is Monday, 6
February. We are working with some of the managers to help them
get executive letters of recommendations for special cases.
This term, we started asking specifically for applicants to identify
on the SEED application form the highest academic degree they have earned.
We have always had
access to this information through applicants’ resumes but some degrees
are hard to interpret. Also, academic achievement by Engineering staff
seems to be more valued outside of the USA so we wanted to give
applicants a more specific opportunity to show off. Among the 45
applicants from St. Petersburg and Tel Aviv, we had:
- 11% Doctorates
- 58% Master’s
- 31% Bachelor’s
For comparison: in 2001, the last time we collected data on this subject,
61 of Sun’s Engineering executives had:
- 41% Doctorates
- 26% Master’s
- 33% Bachelor’s
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 16% of the population had a Bachelor’s degree
and 9% had a graduate or professional degree. This is an impressively
well educated group!
Today, Tanya Jankot, John Plocher,
and I host our weekly Tea. We have a two hour tea and sweets party every week
for the SEED participants, their managers, and their mentors who are in the
area (4 p.m. in Menlo Park 17). We also invite everyone working on an
architectural review committee, the usability engineering staff, our
hallway neighbors, and interested Sun Engineering staff. Today, SEED alumni
and Accessibility Architect
Peter Korn is going to demonstrate
a tea ceremony and John and I are going to share the pastries we purchased
in Jerusalem’s Old City last Sunday. One of the fun things about SEED is
all of the fascinating people we get to know!
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