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Everybody Agrees You Should Hire Junior Engineers. Almost Nobody Does.
A colleague, Charles Penn, asked me recently what I thought the future looked like for junior engineers. He’s someone who always keeps the human element in view, and he’d been reading the same things I had. Juniors wondering out loud whether they’d be unhirable in a few years. Companies saying the quiet part out loud: […]
3 Things I Accidentally Learned from Corporate Jargon
Written By Over the summer, the interns and I had some giggles over the various corporate jargon we’ve heard online, at previous jobs, and even at SEP. Corporate jargon is a word or phrase commonly used in business environments to communicate ideas, processes, or strategies. We giggled because, removed from their context, these phrases seemed […]
3 Things Our 2026 Interns Learned About Trust and Bad Questions
Another summer at SEP is wrapping up, which means another round of interns has spent the last few months writing real code, asking real questions, and getting a real look at what it’s like to build software that matters. We asked our 2026 interns to look back on their summer. Left to right: Evan Dossett, […]
Meet Our 2026 Summer Interns!
At SEP, interns aren’t here to fetch coffee or build something that gets shelved at the end of August. From day one, they’re on real project teams, writing code that ships, contributing to business decisions, and doing work that actually matters to real clients. It’s the same standard we hold for everyone here. This summer, […]
We Turned an Awards Ceremony into a Live Arcade With AI
How SEP used Generative AI to help NCWIT Awards participants build and deploy Three.js games
Sleep On It: The Engineering Case for Better Rest
A few months ago I read a book called Why We Sleep by Matthew Walker, a neuroscientist who runs the Center for Human Sleep Science at UC Berkeley and has published over a hundred peer-reviewed papers on sleep. I love reading about health and wellness, and the more I got into this one the more […]
SEP Ranks #2 on Indianapolis’ 2026 Top Workplaces List
Westfield, IN – May 7, 2026 – SEP, a software product design and development firm based in Westfield, Indiana, has once again earned a spot among Central Indiana’s Top Workplaces, placing second in the Midsize Companies category. The recognition is based entirely on employee feedback collected through an anonymous survey administered by Energage LLC. Survey […]
The AI Collaboration Paradox
One of our teams at SEP has gone all-in on agentic development. I don’t mean they’re simply using AI tools heavily; I mean they’re deliberately redesigning their team processes, shared infrastructure, and ways of working around it. When I was talking to the team about their experiences, one thing kept jumping out at me: AI […]
Cool Computer Name Ideas: Examples, Tips & Why IT Cares
Pop quiz: What do wizards, superheroes, and your work computer have in common?They all need a good name. Your computer name is the first impression you make on the IT team, the conversation starter when someone glances at the label on your laptop, and let’s be honest, probably the most fun part of your onboarding […]
SEP Named One of Indiana’s Best Places to Work for 2026
SEP has been named one of Indiana’s Best Places to Work for 2026 by the Indiana Chamber of Commerce — marking the 17th time the Westfield-based software product design and development company has received the honor. SEP was selected in the medium company category, which includes organizations with between 75 and 249 U.S. employees. Headquartered in Westfield, Indiana, […]
A Day in the Life of a Graphic Designer at SEP
Morning: Getting Started One of the things I love most about SEP is the flexibility with my schedule. I have to drop my son off at school at 8:30 am, so I usually don’t arrive at the office until 8:50am. Being able to start a little later in the day is great for me, but […]
Inside SEP’s ESOP: What Actually Changes When Employees Become Owners
Most people do not think much about company ownership until they start one themselves. You show up, do good work, collect a paycheck, and maybe get a 401(k) match if you are lucky. Ownership? That is for founders and executives. But what if it weren’t? In 2010, SEP’s founders made a decision that fundamentally changed […]