66 SEED Applications So Far (4-Site Term)

There have been 66 applications so far to SEED’s 4-Site Engineering mentoring term. 42 are complete – meaning the basic materials (application form,
resume, and manager’s recommendation letter) are all in. Applications
and all materials are due today (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.

Since SEED started accepting participants outside of the USA in 2002,
we have already been honored to include 171 participants from these 4 sites:

• 72 from Bangalore
• 46 from Beijing
• 17 from Prague
• 36 from St. Petersburg

So far for the 4-Site term, there have been applications from:

• By Sun Organization:
  • Other/Don’t Know: 1 [ 2% ]
  • Software Group: 58 [ 88% ]
  • Storage Group: 3 [ 5% ]
  • Systems Group: 3 [ 5% ]
  • Worldwide Operations: 1 [ 2% ]
• By Work Location:
  • Bangalore, India: 33 [ 50% ]
  • Beijing, China: 14 [ 22% ]
  • Prague, Czech Republic: 10 [ 16% ]
  • St. Petersburg, Russia: 8 [ 12% ]
  • no response: 1 [ 2% ]
• By Seniority:
  • Principal Level: 27
    
    including Members of the Technical Staff 4, Staff Engineers,
    Senior Staff Engineers, and equivalent titles

  • Junior to Principal Level: 39
    
    including Members of the Technical Staff 1, MTS-2, MTS-3,
    and equivalent titles

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