Prez Sez: Finding Wisdom in Unexpected Places
Here at DISTek, we have an internal newsletter that gets published monthly to keep our employee-owners up to date and informed. I’m probably a little partial since I publish it, …
Culture
The Taming of the Code: Elevating Embedded Development through the Art of Software Craftsmanship
“The fault…is not in our code, but in ourselves.” A while back, a colleague and I were lamenting the lack of a strong ‘craftsmanship’ ethos across the field of embedded …
Fostering a Culture of Recognition
The power of recognizing someone is often undermined. We all cannot help but to get caught up in our busy lives and pass on meaningless ‘pleases’ and ‘thank yous”, inevitably …
2023 DISTek Engineering Awards
It’s no secret that we’re pretty proud of our engineers here at DISTek. We firmly believe that we seek out the best and brightest in the industry and pride ourselves …
Reflections from FIRST Robotics ’22-’23 Season
For more than 20+ years, DISTek has been a proud supporter of FIRST teams and FIRST events. Much of the support has been through the employee-owners of DISTek volunteering their …
Musings on Remote Work
Forward Like many businesses, the global COVID-19 pandemic forced DISTek to quickly pivot in order to keep our employee-owners safe in the early months of 2020. Accommodations were made on …
Celebrating Black History Month – Today & Everyday
Reflecting back on the month of February, which marks the celebration of Black History Month – a time to celebrate the contributions and achievements of Black people, it also serves …
2022: A Year in Review
As I planned for the writing of this blog post, I certainly gave ChatGPT a chance to write it for me. Unfortunately, at least as of the date I tried, …
Holiday Wrap-up
As we all gear up to start the new year with our best foot forward, let’s take a look at all the fun festivities DISTekians were able to enjoy over …
Holiday Tradition: Adopt-a-Family
We all have our own personal or family traditions surrounding the holidays. For many, traditions help us connect not only with ourselves, but also with others. Have you ever taken …
A Year at DISTek: Reflections from Muhammad
I joined DISTek a little over a year ago. One fine afternoon, as I was rushing back from lunch, I got a call from a recruiter asking about my job …
It’s a Great Time to be an Employee-Owner
I can remember my first time on a roller coaster, getting locked into the seat and having to endure that slow ride up to the top of the rails, all …
