Tag Archives: SEED
Education for Ministry
Last year, although working two interesting jobs (for Huawei and TechWomen), I also started a four year course of Bible study and theological reflection. Despite its name, Education for Ministry or EfM, is a program for regular folks (laity), not … Continue reading
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TechWomen Mentor Training
I was one of the teachers for the first TechWomen Mentor Workshop today. HP Labs in Palo Alto generously hosted the event. We were joined by most of the 38 Technical Mentors and more than a dozen Cultural Mentors from … Continue reading
Goodbye Sun – It’s Been a Great Ride!
My last blog post at http://blogs.sun.com/katysblog/: I have been laid off by Sun-Oracle. It has been a wonderful 25 years! I joined a relatively-unknown startup three years before it went public. I enjoyed working with some of the greatest Engineers … Continue reading
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Business Process Architecture: What Project Managers Need to Know
As I wrote on 13 January 2010 in Planning Poker and SEED (Estimating and Rating Tools), I recently attended an interesting meeting of the PM PM SIG. They kindly asked me to return to talk tomorrow at their 7:00 am … Continue reading
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Picking Your Mentor, Picking Your Mentee
Information in this entry is taken from my experience since 2001 managing Sun’s SEED Engineering-wide world-wide mentoring program. This is part of a continuing series on mentoring programs, answering some of the questions I am most frequently asked. Other entries … Continue reading
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What I Love About Sun – After 25 Years
I just filled in the order for my anniversary gift from Sun Microsystems. It feels odd to have worked at one company for 25 years (since June 1984). I have been thinking about why I have stayed so long. Here … Continue reading
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Two Talks
I recently gave two talks here at Sun Menlo Park: To TechBridge, for “Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day” on 23 April To the annual Sun Design Summit (27-28 April), on “One time vs. Cyclic Survey” design … Continue reading
