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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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From time to time, SEP makes forays into product development. As a service company, we face many challenges as we do this, the single biggest challenge being allocation of dedicated resources to work on the product. Since our revenue is intimately connected with our people, it is difficult to tie them up in an effort […]
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A different kind of retro…
This week I facilitated a retrospective for a project that I wasn’t involved with. Immediately after the retro, I asked a few people for their input on how the retro went. One person in specific really enjoyed how I framed and conducted the retro. That person was relieved to participate in a retro that wasn’t […]
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Mutation Testing – Totally a Thing
Reposted from the original host Mutation Testing Mutation testing is a way to verify that your code is covered by tests. Oh? Go on… “What, like code coverage?” you may ask. Or, you may say “you want me to test my tests? That’s stupid. You’re stupid” which are not dissimilar from my reactions to mutation […]
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Meet the New SEP Interns
Emma Caraher Software Engineering Intern School: Purdue Major: Mechanical Engineering and Computer Science Working On: Web Application to Manage Construction Machinery When I discovered SEP almost two years ago at the Purdue IR fair, I was really impressed. From what I was told, SEP invested far more into the interns than what I’ve heard from […]
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The Intern and New Hire Summer Reading List
1. The Pragmatic Programmer: From Journeyman to Master The Pragmatic Programmer is widely considered as one of the most important books for developers. Even though it was written over 10 years ago, it holds up extremely well over time because it focuses less of specific technologies and more on solid methodologies and fundamental skills. For […]
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SEP Hosts Indiana’s First Site in International Space Apps Challenge
NASA and other global space agencies participated in the fourth annual International Space Apps Challenge, held April 11-12, 2015 at more than 135 locations worldwide. Software Engineering Professionals (SEP) hosted the first ever site in Indiana at the company’s Carmel office. “The spirit of discovery and innovation is alive and well in Carmel. As one […]
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Requirements, Product Ownership, and Other Misunderstood Concepts in Agile Development
Jeff Patton presents a shortened version of “Requirements, Product Ownership, and Other Misunderstood Concepts in Agile Development” for Software Engineering Professionals (SEP).
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Six Keys to More Successful Projects through Visualization
Many companies are going through Agile transformations, however most struggle to achieve a lasting impact. Teams often struggle to gain clarity, improve accountability, or realize measurable progress. Traditional tools have failed and so has Agile. They appear to have all the right roles, ceremonies, artifacts, and tools, but something still isn’t quite right. Agile requires […]
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You Can’t Manage What You Can’t See
You know the old saying, “A picture is worth a thousand words”. And you know what it means – pictures convey so much more about people or an idea you’re trying to describe than you could ever hope to with words. So why is it in knowledge work, that some of the most important information […]
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