Greg Papadopoulos (Sun’s Chief Technology Officer and Executive Vice
President of Research and Development) yesterday sent out the email announcement
on the most recent SEED Engineering mentoring term. Greg has been the
executive sponsor for the Sun Engineering Enrichment & Development
program since it started in 2001.
The new “4-Site” term is for Sun Engineering Staff in
Bangalore, Beijing, Prague, and St. Petersburg.
I am working here in Bangalore so that I can answer questions from
the staff at this and the other 3 sites during the 1-14 March application
period. I give my first formal presentation to the IEC (India Engineering
Centre) managers tomorrow morning. There will also be two formal
phone-in meetings (on 6 March and on 13 March) during which Tanya Jankot
and I will answer questions from potential applicants and their managers.
SEED is now running 6 mentoring terms:
- 4-Site Term (June-December 2007) application period starts tomorrow
- Distinguished Engineer Mentoring Pilot (March – September 2007)
in mentor matching cycle - SEED-2 Program for SEED Alumni Participants (March – September 2007)
in mentor matching cycle - Established Staff Participants (January – June 2007)
- Recent Hire Staff Participants (September 2006 – September 2007)
- Established Staff Participants (September 2006 – March 2007)
ending soon
This is as many terms as SEED can run at the same time with its current
structure. Hand-matching participants and executive mentors is limited by the
number of executives available at any time. Also, very senior participants (and the very senior potential mentors they require) often take longer to match.
The more terms SEED offers for senior staff (Established Staff, DEs, SEED-2),
the longer the matching cycle and potentially the fewer terms offered.
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