I am a developer…a software engineer…a coder, whatever you want to call it. If you’re not, don’t fret…I think the basic ideology of this article can be applied to any profession. Confidence is key. A little confidence can transform a professional world of doubt/fear into a thoroughly enjoyable career. Once you reach the tipping point where confidence outweighs doubt, it transforms your experience. In conjunction, when confidence is lacking, frustration and fear linger. It’s hard to enjoy your profession if… [continue]
Furniture With A Purpose
We’re very excited about some new tables for our annex. And not just the tables – which are, without a doubt beautiful and functional – but also about the great conversations, meals, and work that will take place around them in the years to come. It was so good to get to talk with David, Andrew, Justin, and Margaret from Purposeful Design. We love their mission – what an amazing vision, working itself out rather well in the lives of… [continue]
Family, Sixteen Years and Annexes
It was a big day at E-g! We enjoyed a big lunch (G.T. South’s!) and ice cream with our families as we celebrated our latest office expansion (we unceremoniously call it “The Annex”), a new sign on the building – oh, and 16 years of quality software solutions! It’s right for us to make much of our families, and it’s right for us to mark milestones of blessing like this. We want to make sure to express value for the truly… [continue]
Pi Approximation Day 2016
How do you properly honor Pi Approximation Day (July 22nd – or 22/7)? You have a pie bake-off. Well, at least that’s what we do around here. There were 17 home-grown entries, and 37 very happy (and very full) voters. The competition was fierce. Some of us needed several servings to make sure we were tasting what we thought we were tasting. By the end of the tasting – uh testing – time, it was clear: only a few points… [continue]
EG Hikes – McCormick’s Creek
Undeterred by the unseasonably cool weather, a handful of E-gineers and some of their families enjoyed exploring the beauty of Indiana’s McCormick’s Creek State Park. Temperatures in the low 40s required bundling up a bit more than expected for mid-May, but we all had a great time hiking trail number five at the park. It helped that the rain held off while we were out there. The braver among us even dared to crawl through Wolf Cave (no wolves, lots… [continue]
You might want to be an E-g consultant if…(Part 5: People)
This is the fifth article in a series where I’ll talk about the essential traits of an E-g consultant. All software has a social impact: people are affected by all aspects of the software life cycle and they are more important than all the previous topics covered in this series, by far. It can be easy to envision coming to the E-g office everyday working with E-g people and being a part of the E-g culture that we love. Sharing life… [continue]
Another Best Places to Work Listing!
We are honored and excited once again to announce that E-gineering has been recognized as one of the best places to work in Indiana! We’ve always known that E-g is a great place to work. Our company culture is built on a foundation of truly valuing people – not as a means to some other business end, but because we believe people are intrinsically valuable. So of course we have all kinds of attractive perks and a great office environment. And… [continue]
You might want to be an E-g consultant if…(Part 4: Process)
This is the fourth article in a series where I’ll talk about the essential traits of an E-g consultant. When we go into that new project, we believe in it all the way. We have confidence in our ability to do it right. – Walt Disney In software development, much effort is devoted to address the “How” question from a process standpoint: How are we going to build successful software? The answer, of course, is “it depends”. In a previous part to this series, I talked… [continue]