64 SEED Applications So Far (4-Site Term)

There have been 64 applications so far to SEED’s 4-Site Engineering mentoring term. 32 are complete – meaning the basic materials (application form,
resume, and manager’s recommendation letter) are all in. Applications are due by tomorrow (14 March, California time) from Bangalore, Beijing, Prague, and
St. Petersburg. We will pick up to 50 participants at the 22 March Selection
Committee meeting. Executives from each of the target sites have been invited
to join the 4-Site term’s Selection Committee. Selection announcements
will go out 22 March.

In about 30 minutes, I will hold the last of the phone-in meetings for
potential applicants and their managers to ask questions.
So far, there have been applications from:

• By Sun Organization:
  • Other/Don’t Know: 1 [ 2% ]
  • Software Group: 56 [ 88% ]
  • Storage Group: 3 [ 5% ]
  • Systems Group: 3 [ 5% ]
  • Worldwide Operations: 1 [ 2% ]
• By Work Location:
  • Bangalore, India: 32 [ 50% ]
  • Beijing, China: 14 [ 22% ]
  • Prague, Czech Republic: 10 [ 16% ]
  • St. Petersburg, Russia: 8 [ 12% ]
• By Seniority:
  • Principal Level: 26
    
    including Members of the Technical Staff 4, Staff Engineers,
    Senior Staff Engineers, and equivalent titles

  • Junior to Principal Level: 38
    
    including Members of the Technical Staff 1, MTS-2, and MTS-3
    and equivalent titles

I am working in Bangalore, India, through 15 March to answer questions
from applicants and managers from all 4 sites.