80 SEED Applications (4-Site SEED Term)

There were 80 applications to SEED’s 4-Site Engineering mentoring term. 70
are complete – meaning the basic materials (application form,
resume, and manager’s recommendation letter) are all in. Applications
and all materials were due 14 March, California time from Bangalore,
Beijing, Prague, and St. Petersburg. Next step is to pass the 80 applications
to Human Resources for verification of performance ratings, titles, etc.

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.
For the 4-Site term, there were applications from the following:

• By Sun Organization:
  • Other/Don’t Know: 1 [ 2% ]
  • Software Group: 69 [ 86% ]
  • Storage Group: 4 [ 5% ]
  • Systems Group: 4 [ 5% ]
  • Worldwide Operations: 1 [ 2% ]
• By Work Location:
  • Bangalore, India: 43 [ 54% ]
  • Beijing, China: 18 [ 22% ]
  • Prague, Czech Republic: 11 [ 14% ]
  • St. Petersburg, Russia: 8 [ 10% ]
• By Seniority:
  • Principal Level: 33 (41%)
    
    including Members of the Technical Staff 4, Staff Engineers,
    Senior Staff Engineers, and equivalent titles

  • Junior to Principal Level: 47 (59%)
    
    including Members of the Technical Staff 1, MTS-2, MTS-3,
    and equivalent titles

I am working in Bangalore, India, through today, 15 March, to answer
questions from applicants and managers from all 4 sites. I will be
back in my Menlo Park, California USA, office Monday 19 March.