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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

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.

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.