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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, […]
SEP Welcomes Quentin Law as Vice President of Finance
SEP, a 100% employee-owned software product development firm, announces the hiring of Quentin Law as Vice President of Finance. Quentin brings over 22 years of finance leadership to guide the company’s financial strategy and operations. “Quentin’s background across Big 4 consulting, global manufacturing, and software gives him a well-rounded view of financial leadership,” said Traci […]
How We Modernized SEP.com to Finally Look & Work Like SEP
SEP.com (the website) has been around since 1997. We’ve had a few iterations of the website since it was first built, from a 1990s tabbed site with a Flash game player to a static HTML site that required real coding chops to make simple content tweaks to a full redesign in 2020 with help from […]
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 Foundation Awards 2026 Scholarships to Two Indiana Students
For the first time, the SEP Foundation Maker Scholarship names dual recipients Westfield, Indiana – The SEP Foundation is excited to announce the 2026 recipients of the SEP Foundation Maker Scholarship: José G., a computer science student at Purdue University Fort Wayne, and Ani A., who is studying computer engineering at Purdue University. This marks […]
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 […]
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 […]
Work-Life Balance Isn’t the Goal
Work-Life Balance is a great start. But, I think we can do better… I don’t think we were ever meant to attempt to compartmentalize work and life in some sort of balancing act. Work bleeds into life. Life bleeds into work. A hard season at home shows up at your desk. A stressful stretch at […]
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 […]
SEP Appoints Jason LaJeunesse as Director of Data
Westfield, IN — SEP is pleased to announce the creation of a new leadership role, Director of Data, and the appointment of Jason LaJeunesse to the position. This role was created to support client needs as organizations modernize their data platforms, prepare for AI adoption, and build durable, long-term data foundations. “Data has gone from a step […]