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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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SEP History Lesson: When an Enthusiastic Newbie Convinced Us to Get a Fish Tank

I’ve had several people tell me they liked the new fishtank design (thank you!), and it was suggested that I do a write-up about the tank.  I’m always happy to talk about it!  I’ll start with some history… How it Began It all started around 10 years ago.  I was interviewing for a position at SEP, […]
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Software Producer: What’s in a name?

SEP had an interesting time establishing the title of Software Producer. We wanted it to mean something, like “Software Engineering Professionals” is not just our name; it’s who we are. Not a Product Manager When looking into the activities that our Software Producer perform, there is a lot of overlap with a Product Manager. That title is […]
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Meet the Software Producer

It isn’t every day that a new title is introduced around here. And I get to have the fun of helping define it, because I’m one of the few on the block with that new title: Software Producer. Why do we need a new title? SEP grew out of an engineering focus from its inception. Do the […]
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Merging Contact Groups into Lync 2013 Clients across the Enterprise

While getting ready to deploy Lync 2013 at our company, I came across two problems: A. There is not an easy way to browse a company directory with Lync 2013 clients 2. There is not an easy way to push contact group lists to Lync 2013 clients Create distribution groups Although Lync can search for […]
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Have a MSDN subscription? Then start using your free monthly Azure credits!

SEP’s got a handful of unassigned MSDN subscriptions. We recently started a project that uses Visual Studio Online, so those of us on the team were assigned subscriptions so that we could actually use the VSO service. We got through Sprint 1 and found out that the integrated code review support in Visual Studio 2013 […]
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There is more to it than code

There are activities — other than programming on client work — that are key parts of working in the software industry. If you work for a software company and you want to do, e.g. Ember.js work, you should be: Going to local Javascript meetups (networking, public speaking) Reading and writing JS blogs (professional development, technical […]
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Be a Summer Software Engineering or Business Intern at SEP!

Smart. Fit. Get things done. Each describes characteristics SEP explores with potential candidates when hiring, even with interns. “When looking for interns, we look for the same qualities we do with a full-time hire,” explains Project Manager and Recruiting Team Member Kyle Pinches. The interview process focuses not only on in-class performance. “We want to […]
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Steam Engines

Typically when you think about the software engineering profession, the first thing to come to mind isn’t steam engines.  However, I believe that studying past technologies may provide valuable insights to how our profession, heavily reliant on computer technology, may evolve and change. If I trapped you in a corner and started asking you about […]
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Hello World: Do Something!

As I kickoff 2014, I’m declaring my mantra for the year to be “Do Something”! This all starts with my first blog post. It’s my job to encourage SEPeers to blog and it’s my job to make sure it happens – yet I don’t blog. I know, it is wrong, so that’s why I’m doing […]
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