The mentor response to the 2006-2007 SEED Engineering mentoring terms
has been very enthusiastic. We matched almost half of the participants
(42 Recent Hires and Established Staff) during the first week and we have
now raised that to 65% (55 matched) before the send of the second week
of matching. 18 of the newly matched mentors are Distinguished Engineers
(including a SEED alumnus who was just promoted to DE) and four are Sun
Fellows.
I always have fun seeing who will take who, not just in terms of individuals
but also in terms of demographic, professional, and geographic patterns. The
match I made just before leaving work was between a Vice President of
Worldwide Operations based in the San Francisco Bay Area with a recently
hired Member of the Technical Staff in the Systems Group based in Burlington,
Massachusetts. I am sure these two women will have fascinating conversations
during their year together.
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