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SEP Wins TechPoint’s 2024 Innovation Service Partner of the Year Mira Award

SEP Recognized as Indiana’s Top Innovation Service Partner, Winning TechPoint’s Prestigious Mira Award Westfield, Indiana - SEP has been named the Innovation Service Partner of the Year by TechPoint at the 25th annual Mira Awards. The Mira Awards, Indiana’s largest…
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Dear Intern/New Hire: How to Be an Effective New Person

Dear intern/new hire, Welcome! I’m sure you are excited about your new position and can’t wait to meet your team.  First, let’s address some common fears that new people have and make sure we’re all on the same page here.  As an intern or new hire, it’s likely that you will be the least experienced […]
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SEP Named TechPoint Mira Award Nominee for “Company Culture of the Year”

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind.  (February 20, 2018) — TechPoint, the growth initiative for Indiana’s technology ecosystem, has announced the nominees for its 19th annual Mira Awards presented by Angie’s List and Salesforce. The Mira Awards program is a six-month season of events and communications honoring ‘The Best of Tech in Indiana’ each year. “Our tech community has […]
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SEP Named a 2018 Best Place to Work in Indiana

(INDIANAPOLIS) — A record number of Hoosier companies – 125 in total – have been named to the 2018 Best Places to Work in Indiana list. More than 50 of them are first-time honorees or returning after at least a year’s absence, says the Indiana Chamber of Commerce. Nearly half of the honorees (57) are […]
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Designers + Developers: Why We’re Better Together

I want to start by sharing that I was inspired by the infographic below from InVision to write this. This may appear at first to be a silly and hunky-dory post about family-like co-worker relationships in the office. While I agree I am writing with this sentiment, I want to show how enriching and successful […]
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Study Groups – Learning Together is Better

As I’ve mentioned before, professional development is a big deal at SEP. I love learning with other people. We’ve recently kicked off a new way (for us) to learn with other people: Study Groups. What are Study Groups The idea is to go through an online course, class, book series, or other structured or self-directed […]
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Professional Development at SEP

You’re always behind the curve. You can never catch up. There is no leading, you’re always chasing. That is what it feels like as a software engineer these days. Technology is moving at breakneck speed. Five new React competitors came out this morning. Rails is old; Elm is new. Elm!? Back in my day that […]
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Looking Back on the Summer 2017 Intern Experience

As the summer wraps up and our summer interns are returning to school, we’ve asked them to reflect on their experiences this summer. Here’s what they have to say: Adam Tapper: “My summer at SEP was an unforgettable experience. I really enjoyed getting to work in an atmosphere that was fun and professional; the people […]
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Meet the 2017 SEP Interns

  Elliot Yesmunt Software Engineering Intern School: IUPUI Major: Computer Science Project: Web-based suite of management tools “I really enjoy the teamwork here. It’s easy to get stuck on single problems for long periods of time when working by yourself in software. With a team, pair-programming and mob-programming can significantly cut down on the amount […]
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SEP Named Best Places to Work Hall of Fame Company

They come from throughout the state and across 25 industries. They are the 100 honorees on the 2017 Best Places to Work in Indiana list. In this week’s announcement, the Indiana Chamber of Commerce said that nearly half (49) of the winners are from the small employer category and almost a third (32) are first-time […]
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