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SEP Wins TechPoint’s 2025 Exceptional Employer Mira Award

SEP Recognized as Indiana’s Top Tech Employer, Winning TechPoint’s Prestigious Mira Award Westfield, Indiana - SEP has been named Exceptional Employer by TechPoint at the 26th annual Mira Awards. This award recognizes companies that are developing talent through skills-based hiring…
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Passwords, P@55w0rD$, Schmasswords

I have too many passwords.  I admit that I don’t always use a unique password on websites that I rate low on my ‘do I care if I get hacked’ radar.  And, unless forced, I’m terrible at remembering to change them from time to time.  On the plus side, I don’t keep passwords on post-it […]
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Chris Shinkle Nominated for 2013 Brickell Key Award

Software Engineering Professionals (SEP) Director of Innovation Chris Shinkle has been nominated as one of six finalists for the 2013 Brickell Key Award. Awarded to two worthy individuals every year at the Lean Kanban North America Conference (LKNA), the Brickell Award recognizes those demonstrating outstanding achievement, leadership, and contribution to the Lean and Kanban community. […]
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Inaugural AgileIndy Conference a Success

As a leader in the software industry, Software Engineering Professionals (SEP) strives to stay abreast of the best practices, tools, and thought leaders in the community. In 2012, AgileIndy,  a non-profit organization devoted to raising awareness and acceptance of agile practices, announced that they would host their inaugural conference. This one day, multi-track event covered […]
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Lessons From 2nd Grade Math Homework

Second graders are awesome (as is proven by this picture).  It was truly an odd moment of inspiration when I saw his homework.  Instead of my usual no-nonsense approach to homework (and too often life), I took a moment to appreciate that my youngest son had turned the mundane into something cool looking.  Double bonus […]
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Well Now You’ve Done It

Way to go.  You broke it.  You didn’t follow the directions.  I told you that would happen. How are you feeling now, my customer?  My co-worker?  My son?  My husband?  Not so great, huh?  So now you feel bad AND it’s still broken.  And I’m sure you thought it was my fault already and now […]
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SEP Presents David Hussman: Shut Up and Play Yer Guitar

A legend of Agile coaching, David Hussman will bring his insights and experiences to Fishers on Wednesday, January 23 at the Forum Conference Center. Forum Conference Center. Sponsored by Software Engineering Professionals (SEP), Hussman’s event will be open to the public. “We understand the importance of sharing knowledge within our community,” explains Director of Marketing […]
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All I Want for Christmas

So… the blog battle topic is “All I Want for Christmas”. I’ll ignore all the obvious things (world peace, time with family, a straightened out financial system, etc). So what do I want? Something to benefit me at work: Four more software interns for next summer. Sure, we’ve got four so far, but I’m hoping […]
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Motion is not Progress

When I first saw that the topic for this week’s SEP Blog Battle is “Motion is not Progress”, my mind immediately jumped back about 15 years to sophomore engineering classes at Rose-Hulman. Or at least I’m pretty sure that’s where we discussed the difference between speed and velocity. Speed just tells you how fast you […]
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“Motion != Progress” – Code moves in 5 different ways…

Week #4 of the SEP Blog Battle 2012. This week our title was “Motion is not Progress”.  If you are making changes to your source code, then clearly your are making progress.  Right? Wrong. Code can move in 5 different ways – you can add functionality, remove functionality, refactor code, delete code, or leave the […]
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