IQ Summer Picnic
After taking a year off due to gathering restrictions caused by the pandemic, the IQ summer picnic made it’s return this year. For many employees, it was the first time they had met some of their coworkers outside of a Zoom call. We had a great turnout, great food, and a successful corn hole tournament. […]
Employee Spotlight – Sharon
What motivates you every day? Being part of a company where my work and value are recognized and appreciated. Briefly describe what you do at IQ. I do a mix of project coordination, technical writing, and requirement analysis. What does your work space look like? I share a small office with a 9 year old. […]
Employee Spotlight – Denise Cortinovis-Jablonski
What motivates you every day? First and foremost, my family. My husband and I have two young kids that are non-stop. I love seeing the world through their eyes, although I’m exhausted by the time I go to sleep! They are 100% my motivation each and every day! I’m also motivated by the employees of […]
Ask an Architect: Becoming a Software Architect
by: Jessica Green and Ryan Ernst Welcome to the second post in the IQ Ask an Architect Series! In this series of posts, I will be collaborating with one or more of our Systems Architects to pick their brains on various topics. If you missed the first post, you can check it out here: Five […]
2nd IQ Gauntlet of Code
On Thursday June 24, IQ held it’s 2nd Gauntlet of Code. Each individual or team of up to four competed against other software developers, working to solve a series of timed coding puzzles in a race to the finish! Jean Lange had this to say: “We had SO MUCH FUN at the Gauntlet of Code […]
Pride Month
IQ recognizes Pride Month and supports all who have not felt included throughout their journey. We want to take this month to acknowledge that we have to do better in our diversity, inclusion, and unconscious biases. All people have the right to be themselves and be part of a positive future without feeling isolated because […]
Employee Spotlight – April Rak
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 […]
Five Mistakes Junior Engineers Make and How to Avoid Them
by: Alyn Parry and Ryan Ernst Welcome to the first post in the IQ Ask an Architect Series! In this series of posts, I will be collaborating with one or more of our Systems Architects to pick their brains on various topics. This week I jumped on a Google Meet to talk with […]
Employee Spotlight – Chris Smith
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 […]
Virtual Tech Trivia
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 passions […]