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]
You might want to be an E-g consultant if…(part 3: Technology)
This is the third article in a series where I’ll talk about the essential traits of an E-g consultant. First, I should make it very clear that while we at E-g love many things about consulting, we absolutely do not think we are somehow superior to people that don’t love consulting. One of the wonderful things about this world is that each person is bestowed with gifts and talents that lead to tremendous variety in what we do when we go… [continue]
You might want to be an E-g consultant if…(part 2)
This is the second article in a series where I’ll talk about the essential traits of an E-g consultant. First, I should make it very clear that while we at E-g love many things about consulting, we absolutely do not think we are somehow superior to people that don’t love consulting. One of the wonderful things about this world is that each person is bestowed with gifts and talents that lead to tremendous variety in what we do when we go… [continue]
You might want to be an E-g consultant if…(part 1)
This is the first article in a series where I’ll talk about the essential traits of an E-g consultant. Most of the material comes from a typical talk I have with prospective employees. First, I should make it very clear that while we at E-g love many thing about consulting, we absolutely do not think we are somehow superior to people that don’t love consulting. One of the wonderful things about this world is that each person is bestowed with… [continue]
Family and Friends Arduino-101
A Struggle as Old as Time Itself Since the dawn of time, mankind has been in a struggle to exercise wise dominion and good stewardship of the world around us. We hunted, then tamed animals. We learned to grow food. Somewhere along the way we took on leather, textiles, stone, metal, and gems (and so, the inspiration for Minecraft was born). Today, some young folk (and some less-young!) began a journey to wield dominion and stewardship over some Arduino boards… [continue]
Rolls-Royce 747 Flyover
Anticipation Rewarded Low-hanging clouds and silence in the air had me wondering for a few seconds if the Rolls-Royce 747-200 would emerge from the veil of mist concealing it. You see, Rolls-Royce, the company my wife has worked for her entire career, was anticipating its own company 747 to make an imminent low altitude pass over its downtown Indy facilities. In fact, with the media alerted to the plans, all of Indy was clued in to what would be a… [continue]
Toy-gineering – Christmas 2013
We want to say, “We are thankful for you.” Our genuine hope is that in any given week this year, or since you’ve joined Eg, that you’ve known our gratitude for you. But, in order to truly get an idea of how this goes for us, you’re going to have to go through an exercise with me here for a moment. But there are going to be challenges (doesn’t every good exercise have its challenges?). Old-timer E-gineers, you’re going to… [continue]