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On Wednesday, the SEED Engineering mentoring program Selection Committees
picked 69 new participants:

• 25 September 2007-September 2008 Recent Hires (12 month term)
• 44 September 2007-March 2008 Established Staff (6 month term)

The participants are putting together their Mentor Wish Lists now; those are due on
9 July. This group was unusual in several ways: fewer applicants, lower
percentage of managers and women, broader geographic spread. SEED has its
first participants working in Chile, Brazil, and Turkey this term.
We are looking into why there are these differences. Here is some information
about our new folks:

19% of those selected had previously applied to the program.

About the 25 new Recent Hire Participants:

59 Recent Hire Applications
43 Completed Applications (73%)
25 Selected (58% of completed, 42% of total)
Location of Participants
1 Canada, 4%
3 China, 12%
2 Czech Republic, 8%
5 India, 20%
1 Russia, 4%
13 USA, 52%
3 Central USA, 12%
1 Eastern USA,  4%
9 Western USA, 36%
Division of Participants
1 CTO/Sun Labs, 4%
3 Microelectronics, 12%
1 Sales, 4%
11 Software Group, 44%
3 Storage Group, 12%
5 Systems Group, 20%
1 Worldwide Operations, 4%
Gender of Participants
5 Female, 20%
20 Male, 80%
1 Manager, 4%

About the 44 new Established Staff Participants:

109 Applications
88 Completed (81%)
44 Selected (50% of completed, 40% of total)
Location of Participants
1 Brazil, 2%
2 China, 5%
1 Chile, 2%
1 Czech Republic, 2%
2 Germany, 5%
2 India, 5%
2 Ireland, 5%
1 Russia, 2%
1 Turkey, 2%
31 USA, 70%
6 Central USA, 14%
6 Eastern USA, 14%
19 Western USA, 43%
Division of Participants
1 CTO/Sun Labs, 2%
2 Microelectronics, 5%
3 Sales, 7%
5 Services, 11%
21 Software Group, 48%
2 Storage Group, 5%
9 Systems Group, 20%
1 Worldwide Operations, 2%
Gender of Participants
6 Female, 14%
38 Male, 86%
4 Managers, 9%

Tanya and I think we exchanged about 1,500 emails during the last week
with program applicants and their managers. Good to be on to the next
phase…

The final deadline for SEED Engineering mentoring applicants to submit
their backup materials (resumes, letters of recommendation) was
last night at midnight. Tanya Jankot has disabled the application web pages except
for the Check Status page. 131 of the 167 applicants completed their
applications and are eligible for consideration by the Recent
Hire or Established Staff Selection Committees.

The Recent Hire Selection Committee includes 4 Directors (two of
whom are also Chief Technologists), two Distinguished Engineers, plus
an Engineering Manager who is also a current SEED program participant.
The Established Staff Selection Committee includes the SEED program
staff and our HR Manager. Because the Established Staff applicants have
a Sun annual performance rating history, their selection is managed
differently from that of the Recent Hires.
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Of the remaining applicants who are not eligible for consideration, 17 were
disqualified for content, mostly for applying for the Established Staff program
while being too junior in grade to qualify. 24 were also disqualified because
their submission was incomplete (resume or manager’s letter missing, too
few or no required executive letters).
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I gave the Selection Committee passworded access to the
2007-2008 Recent Hire applications this morning.
Both Selection Committees meet on 13 June and the acceptance
announcements will also come out that day. The Recent Hire term runs September 2007-September 2008. The Established Staff
term runs September 2007-March 2008. We plan to select about 80 participants, divided
roughly evenly between Recent Hires and Established Staff.

More information on SEED is available at
http://research.sun.com/SEED/

We are in the second part of the application period for the 2007-2008 SEED Engineering mentoring
program Recent Hire and Established Staff terms. Sun’s Chief Technology Officer
and Executive Vice President of Research and Development,
Greg Papadopoulos
sent email to Sun Engineering worldwide on 21 May opening the application period.
We received 167 impressive applications by the 1 June first deadline. Between the
two application deadlines, HR reviews the application forms to verify basic
information (hire date, grade level, annual performance ratings, etc.). Here is what
we know so far:

• Applicants: 167
• Completed Applications: 16
• By Organization:
• CTO/Sun Labs: 1 [ 1% ]
• Microelectronics: 16 [ 10% ]
• Sales (GSS): 8 [ 5% ]
• Services (GSS): 12 [ 7% ]
• Software Group: 96 [ 57% ]
• Storage Group: 10 [ 6% ]
• Systems Group: 20 [ 12% ]
• Worldwide Operations: 4 [ 2% ]
• By Work Location:
  • APAC (Asia Pacific): 1 [ 1% ]
  • Americas (outside USA): 2 [ 1% ]
  • China: 23 [ 14% ]
  • Czech Republic: 9 [ 5% ]
  • EMEA (Europe, Middle East and Africa): 2 [ 1% ]
  • France: 2 [ 1% ]
  • Germany: 3 [ 2% ]
  • India: 21 [ 13% ]
  • Ireland: 3 [ 2% ]
  • Russia: 6 [ 4% ]
  • USA
    • Central USA: 15 [ 9% ]
    • Eastern USA: 15 [ 9% ]
    • Western USA: 64 [ 54% ]

All additional application materails are due 8 June (recommendation letters, resumes, etc.),
by midnight, Pacific time. The Selection Committees meet 13 June.
The Recent Hire term runs September 2007-September 2008. The Established Staff
term runs September 2007-March 2008. We plan to select about 80 participants, divided
roughly evenly between Recent Hires and Established Staff.

More information on SEED is available at
http://research.sun.com/SEED/

We are in the application period for the 2007-2008 SEED Engineering mentoring
program Recent Hire and Established Staff terms. Sun’s Chief Technology Officer
and Executive Vice President of Research and Development,
Greg Papadopoulos
sent email to Sun Engineering worldwide on 21 May opening the application period.
Since then, we have received 131 impressive applications:

• Applicants: 131
• Completed Applications: 12
• By Organization:
• CTO/Sun Labs (inc. HPTC): 1 [ 1% ]
• Microelectronics: 6 [ 5% ]
• Sales (GSS): 7 [ 5% ]
• Services (GSS): 11 [ 8% ]
• Software Group: 80 [ 61% ]
• Storage Group: 6 [ 5% ]
• Systems Group: 17 [ 13% ]
• Worldwide Operations: 3 [ 2% ]
• By Work Location:
  • APAC (Asia Pacific): 1 [ 1% ]
  • Americas (outside USA): 1 [ 1% ]
  • China: 23 [ 18% ]
  • Czech Republic: 9 [ 7% ]
  • EMEA (Europe, Middle East and Africa): 2 [ 2% ]
  • France: 2 [ 2% ]
  • Germany: 3 [ 2% ]
  • India: 18 [ 14% ]
  • Ireland: 3 [ 2% ]
  • Russia: 5 [ 4% ]
  • USA
    • Central USA: 10 [ 8% ]
    • Eastern USA: 13 [ 10% ]
    • Western USA: 41 [ 31% ]

SEED generally receives over half of its applications during this last 24 hours before
the deadline so these patterns may or may not be representative of the eventual
totals. All applications are due today, 1 June, by midnight, Pacific time (in about
15 hours). All
additional materials (resumes, letters of recommendation, etc.) from applicants who
made today’s deadline are due 8 June. The Selection Committees meet 13 June.
The Recent Hire term runs September 2007-September 2008. The Established Staff
term runs September 2007-March 2008. We plan to select about 80 participants, divided
roughly evenly between Recent Hires and Established Staff.

More information on SEED is available at
http://research.sun.com/SEED/

We are in the application period for the 2007-2008 SEED Engineering mentoring
program Recent Hire and Established Staff terms. Sun’s Chief Technology Officer
and Executive Vice President of Research and Development,
Greg Papadopoulos
sent email to Sun Engineering worldwide on 21 May opening the application period.
Since then, we have received 103 impressive applications:

• Applicants: 103
• Completed Applications: 10
• By Organization:
• Microelectronics: 4 [ 4% ]
• Sales (GSS): 6 [ 6% ]
• Services (GSS): 9 [ 9% ]
• Software Group: 67 [ 65% ]
• Storage Group: 6 [ 6% ]
• Systems Group: 9 [ 9% ]
• Worldwide Operations: 2 [ 2% ]
• By Work Location:
  • APAC (Asia Pacific): 1 [ 1% ]
  • Americas (outside USA): 1 [ 1% ]
  • China: 20 [ 19% ]
  • Czech Republic: 9 [ 9% ]
  • EMEA (Europe, Middle East and Africa): 2 [ 2% ]
  • France: 1 [ 1% ]
  • Germany: 3 [ 3% ]
  • India: 16 [ 16% ]
  • Russia: 5 [ 5% ]
  • USA
    • Central USA: 9 [ 9% ]
    • Eastern USA: 10 [ 10% ]
    • Western USA: 25 [ 24% ]

SEED generally receives over half of its applications during the 24 hours before
the deadline so these patterns may or may not be representative of the eventual
totals. All applications are due 1 June. All additional materials (resumes, letters of
recommendation, etc.) are due 8 June. The Selection Committees meet 13 June.
The Recent Hire term runs September 2007-September 2008. The Established Staff
term runs September 2007-March 2008. We plan to select about 80 participants, divided
roughly evenly between Recent Hires and Established Staff.

More information on SEED is available at
http://research.sun.com/SEED/

We are in the application period for the 2007-2008 SEED Engineering mentoring
program Recent Hire and Established Staff terms. Sun’s Chief Technology Officer
and Executive Vice President of Research and Development,
Greg Papadopoulos
sent email to Sun Engineering worldwide on 21 May opening the application period.
Since then, we have received 74 impressive applications:

• Applicants: 74
• Completed Applications: 5
• By Organization:
• Microelectronics: 1 [ 1% ]
• Sales (GSS): 5 [ 7% ]
• Services (GSS): 7 [ 9% ]
• Software Group: 47 [ 64% ]
• Storage Group: 4 [ 5% ]
• Systems Group: 9 [ 12% ]
• Worldwide Operations: 1 [ 1% ]
• By Work Location:
  • Americas (outside USA): 1 [ 1% ]
  • China: 17 [ 23% ]
  • Czech Republic: 6 [ 8% ]
  • EMEA (Europe, Middle East and Africa): 1 [ 1% ]
  • France: 1 [ 1% ]
  • Germany: 2 [ 3% ]
  • India: 11 [ 15% ]
  • Russia: 3 [ 4% ]
  • USA
    • Central USA: 8 [ 11% ]
    • Eastern USA: 10 [ 14% ]
    • Western USA: 14 [ 19% ]

SEED generally receives over half of its applications during the 24 hours before
the deadline so these patterns may or may not be representative of the eventual
totals. All applications are due 1 June. All additional materials (resumes, letters of
recommendation, etc.) are due 8 June. The Selection Committees meet 13 June.
The Recent Hire term runs September 2007-September 2008. The Established Staff
term runs September 2007-March 2008. We plan to select about 80 participants, divided
roughly evenly between Recent Hires and Established Staff.

More information on SEED is available at
http://research.sun.com/SEED/

Yesterday, Sun CTO
Greg Papadopoulos welcomed applications from Sun Engineering to the 2007-2008 SEED
mentoring terms for Recent Hires and Established Staff. SEED program participants are
expected to rise to the top of Sun Engineering’s individual contributor or management ranks.

We will accept up to 80
participants, half Recent Hires and half Established Staff. There have already been
7 applications submitted. All applications are due 1 June with other materials
(resume, letters of recommendation, etc.) due 8 June. The terms formally start in
September 2007. As usual, SEED’s four General Selection Criteria are:

1. All Participants are in Engineering.
2. Only regular Sun employees may participate.
3. Superior annual performance ratings are preferred.
4. Manager support is required.

The SEED 4-Site term (Bangalore, Beijing, Prague, St. Petersburg) is almost fully
matched. 47 mentoring pairs are already working together. 4 participants are still
in discussion with potential mentors. I hope to finish matching this term before
June.

More information about the SEED mentoring program is available at
http://research.sun.com/SEED/