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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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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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I Don’t Have Time

This phrase takes me back nearly 25 years to my first butt-kicking by a businessman with 40 years of experience on me. Nathan Fouch (father of one of SEP’s founders, Mike Fouch) was very blunt in saying that I needed to take better care of myself. It was great advice. Guess what I said? “I […]
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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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Test First Programming – It is kind of like Martial Arts…

Test-Driven-Development/Design (TDD) has been a hot topic of conversation in our office recently (lots of external and internal training about TDD). I think the biggest* “ah, ha”* for me, throughout these conversations, was that TDD is nothing more than a tool.  A very powerful tool that has numerous benefits. TDD is not, however, some silver […]
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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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Gleaners and SEP Work Together to Feed Indiana’s Hungry

One in Six people in America are food insecure; unable to afford or access reliable sources of nourishment. No one organization is capable of meeting the food demands of an entire nation, and on local levels non-profits and charitable groups struggle to meet the demands of a hungry population. Serving much of Central Indiana, Gleaners […]
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The Optimistic Interviewer

The 2012 SEP Blog Battle continues. The Optimistic Interviewer is a fool. Consider the likelihood of failure. If you’re interviewing, you’re looking for a job. If you’re hiring, you need more people. What are the chances that either of you are in an ideal frame of mind to be evaluating each other? On top of […]
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