We have received 79 applications so far to Sun’s worldwide Engineering mentoring
program, SEED. The SEED Established Staff term will run 15 January-16 June 2007.
All application materials are due this Friday, 24 November 2006.
38 of the 79 applications have been completed but 13 others have already been disqualified.
I have sent email to all 13 and to their managers. All were disqualified for being too
junior for an Established Staff term, which requires among other criteria that participants
be at Principal level (Sun U.S. grade 9 equivalent) or above.
I held the last two phone-in presentation-and-question sessions yesterday and today.
Usually, the majority of applications come in during the last three days. We are getting
a good number of applications from outside of the western USA (where Sun headquarters is):
- Central USA: 11 [ 14% ]
- China: 11 [ 14% ]
- Czech Republic: 3 [ 4% ]
- EMEA (Europe, Middle East, Africa): 4 [ 5% ]
- Eastern USA: 6 [ 8% ]
- India: 2 [ 3% ]
- Ireland: 1 [ 1% ]
- Russia: 2 [ 3% ]
- United Kingdom: 3 [ 4% ]
- Western USA: 35 [ 44% ]
- no response: 1 [ 2% ]
On 28 November, we will pick up to 40 participants to form SEED’s
Established Staff term. The selection announcement will go to all applicants
and their managers that same day.
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