81 SEED Applications (4-Site Term Final Tally)

I got home to the San Francisco Bay Area from Bangalore yesterday after a
great trip. The final SEED 4-Site term application tally was 81. Of those, 72
(89%) are complete – meaning the basic materials (application form,
resume, and manager’s recommendation letter) all came in. 16 of the 81 have been disqualified, usually because of low annual performance ratings or an incomplete application. More may be
disqualified after we get back the report from Human Resources Records. Applications
and all materials were due 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
in email 22 March to all selected and non-selected applicants and their managers.
For the 4-Site term, there were applications from the following:

• By Sun Organization:
  • Other/Don’t Know: 1 [ 1% ]
  • Software Group: 70 [ 86% ]
  • Storage Group: 4 [ 5% ]
  • Systems Group: 4 [ 5% ]
  • Worldwide Operations: 2 [ 2% ]
• By Work Location:
  • Bangalore, India: 43 [ 53% ]
  • Beijing, China: 18 [ 22% ]
  • Prague, Czech Republic: 11 [ 14% ]
  • St. Petersburg, Russia: 9` [ 11% ]
• By Seniority:
  • Principal Level: 34 (42%)
    
    including Members of the Technical Staff 4, Staff Engineers,
    Senior Staff Engineers, Engineering Manager, and equivalent titles

  • Junior to Principal Level: 47 (58%)
    
    including Members of the Technical Staff 1, MTS-2, MTS-3,
    and equivalent titles