The email just went out from CTO Greg Papadopoulos to Sun world-wide Engineering
announcing the start of the application period for the 18th SEED Engineering
mentoring term. This will be a six month term (January through June 2007)
for Established Staff.
SEED’s four basic General Selection Criteria are:
- All Participants are in Engineering.
- Only regular Sun employees may participate.
- Superior annual performance ratings are preferred.
- Manager support is required.
In addition, there are two specific selection criteria for
Established Staff:
- Must hold a senior position with a title such as Member of the Technical Staff-4, Staff Engineer, Hardware or Software Manager, Senior Staff Engineer, Engineering Director, Distinguished Engineer, etc. That is, they must be at a Principal Engineer level or above.
- Must have been with Sun for two or more years as of the term start month.
SEED Preferred Accomplishment Areas for Established Staff
(applicants are expected to excel in many but not all of these areas):
| Earning more than one “1” (Superior) annual performance rating in the last 3 years |
Papers, patents, presentations, publications | Experience in open source, industry standards development, architectural review (ARC membership), mentoring |
Demonstrated leadership | Demonstrated technical excellence |
| Enthusiasm shown in SEED application (by both applicant and their manager) |
Demonstrated creative ability | Work history | Ability to communicate | Earning the excellent opinion of senior staff or executives (who submit recommendation letters in support) |
Tanya Jankot and I had everything ready for the announcement to go out
on Tuesday but with one thing and another, it took a while to get the email actually sent. We have received two applications already! All application materials and
recommendation letters are due the day after Thanksgiving (24 November). Between
now and then Tanya and I will hold three phone-in information meetings and be
answering hundreds of questions… Greg’s email going out is like the starting
gate opening on a horse race.
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