by Cassey Lottman | Feb 16, 2016 | Software Engineering
One of the first pieces of career advice I received when looking for an internship in software development was to never, ever take an internship where the project is for internal use only. The conventional wisdom on this is so strong that companies often tout the lack...
by Curtis Johnson | Jul 28, 2015 | Software Engineering
Doug’s post from a couple weeks ago reminded me of one of the most interesting philosophies that I have seen to fruition during my time at Don’t Panic Labs. While we are always interested in engineers with a considerable amount of experience, we especially look for...
by Doug Durham | Jul 14, 2015 | Our Engineering, Software Engineering, View From The Booth
People who know me understand how strongly I feel about experiential learning. I have often talked about how valuable I believe my own personal experiences are and how I feel they impact the way I see and approach problems. I even wrote a blog post talking about how...
by Doug Durham | Sep 20, 2012 | Software Engineering
As the summer began to wind down, we asked that each intern team write about what they worked on, what they learned, and how this experience will affect the remainder of their formal education. In this post, Spencer Farley talks about how he – as a one-man team –...
by Doug Durham | Sep 6, 2012 | Software Engineering, View From The Booth
When our summer interns started, I sat down with them to cover the nitty gritty details of what, why and how we do things at Don’t Panic Labs. I broke it down into three categories: our goals, what we value and what we expect. In what I envision as a series of...