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At IQ we understand the importance of STEM education and are proud to once again be a supporter of PittSWE. The University of Pittsburgh Society of Women Engineers. During the spring semester, PittSWE held “11 outreach events with 650+ students, 13 professional development events, 8 social events, and 7 mentorship events.” PittSWE were also […]
This month we want to introduce you to another one of our talented employees, and another recent winner of our IQ Core Values award, April Rak. April is a part of our projects team here at IQ working as a test engineer supporting one of our clients. What motivates you every day? I am motivated […]
What problem does it solve: The problem is that managing synergy between client and server is typically done in two separate repositories: frontend and backend. This can make maintenance between the two cumbersome and error-prone, especially for large projects. The solution: With Orcha, you house your frontend and backend in a monorepository and have a […]
At IQ we love to recognize those employees that we believe are “Living the Values”. Our most recent recipient of this award was Chris Smith. Chris is a part of our excellent talent management team. This team is responsible for finding the right candidates for our project team at the IQ office as well as […]
On Thursday February 25th, IQ held the 7th installment of our Tech Trivia. Tech Trivia was contrived by a team internally with the idea of creating an informal yet challenging, competitive, and most importantly FUN event that would act as a networking forum to provide opportunity for Pittsburgh technical professionals and those sharing common […]
Over the past couple of weekends, some of our dedicated IQ employees took some of their personal time to participate in two local hackathons. The Pittsburgh Civic Hackathon, and Pitt’s Women’s Hackathon, SheInnovates 2021. IQ was a Gold Sponsor for SheInnovates, as well as being a Participating Sponsor for the Pittsburgh Civic Hackathon. IQ software […]
Through trial and error (in 2020), we came together, discovered and implemented new ways to help our customers, our communities and one another! We adopted new ways to stay connected. We gained a renewed sense of community; we embraced life with family and for many, we discovered ourselves, what makes us happy. “OUR WHY”. Why […]
In late November, the IQ Social Good Committee met to discuss how we could give back to our community, while staying safe during COVID. In years past, IQ held toy drives within the office. Employees would purchase gifts and place them under a tree, however this year would be different. It was difficult to pick […]
Welcome to the eighth and final article in our user experience series. In our previous post, we discussed the importance of accessibility when designing and building products usable by everyone. In this post, we will learn about the importance of understanding the psychology of users when designing our products along with some interesting and common […]
Welcome to the seventh article in our user experience series. In our previous post, we discussed the importance of usability testing and some techniques for running a successful usability test. In this post, we will learn why and how to design inclusive and accessible products. In case you missed them, you can find the other […]