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The first mentor in the list is:

> Robert A. Iger; Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, The Walt Disney Company

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Iger

How many times a week can you visit him? How many times a week can any of the teams visit him? I guess the fist half of the list is there only for politic reasons, and the real list of mentors begins at "Friends of Disney"

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I interned at Disney last summer and met with 1-2 of the people on the list (after cold emailing them). I think many of the upper management of Disney are super-sharp.

It's interesting to see such a broad list of execs. I'm guessing not all are super excited about this (due to 100% participation), but I think the majority would be engaged.

I would add that you probably would not want to visit more than weekly - I work at a big tech company and the CEO (who is famously hands on and detail oriented) and SVPs only meet with key projects 1-2x/month tops.

How'd you like Disney? I've looked up their internships but most of them seem to be quite pedestrian. I'd love to work with the Imagineering team if at all possible.

I had a internship directly with on of the VPs which I met at a recruiting event. It was pretty interesting - I got to learn a ton about Disney.

The problem is that Disney is missing the Silicon Valley style work culture and dynamism. Instead it has too many "pedestrian" positions, as you said, which means things get done slowly. I wish it took a page from internet companies (fewer, smarter generalists).

Interesting, sounds like you had a good time. If that VP is looking for someone this summer, I'd love to be intro'd.

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