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Pokémon Trainers of DMC

In case you've miraculously managed to avoid all of the frenzy surrounding this phenomenon, the Pokémon Go game hit App and Play stores around the world last month. Many of us at DMC are now living a double life as engineers and programmers by...


DMC On Ice: Chicago's All-Day Company Meeting

Several times per year, DMC turns on our away messages and leaves the office for an "All-Day Company Meeting, or ADCM. These meetings mix training topics with a fun activity for a full day of company growth and bonding. DMC Chicago's late...


DMC's Holiday Cheer Extravaganza 2015

For the past few years, as another holiday season passes, I have observed that each holiday felt less and less like I remember. This year, the source of my waning holiday spirit finally dawned on me: I'm an adult now. I was determined to resto...


Courier Day 2015: Creativity, Office Improvement, and Fish-Robots

Once per year, DMC holds a "FedEx Day" where all employees pause other work to dedicate an entire day to a project of their choosing. In the same vein, DMC also holds a "Courier Day" once per year, which is a shorter version of Fe...


Messaging at the Marina for DMC Chicago's ADCM

DMC holds an off-site All Day Company Meeting twice per year where everyone takes the day off to team-build, share knowledge, and spend time together. Some of our recent All Day Company Meetings involved WhirlyBall, high wall climbing, and indoor tra...


DMC Goes to the Circus

Believe it or not, some companies still use fax machines for advertising. DMC gets random faxes from time to time - old printers for sale, window washing, prank faxes of cat jokes from our Boston office, etc. We usually ignore them, but a fax ar...


DMC Chicago's Mad Science Party

DMC proved just how cool science can be at our Chicago office's Mad Science Party on June 4th, 2015. We've held several fun themed open houses previously including a carnival, Boston Bash, and Oktoberfest, and this party was no exception. Mor...


All Day Company Meetings Spring 2015

Each DMC office recently hosted an All Day Company Meeting (ADCM) in their respective cities of Chicago, Boston and Denver. A few times a year, DMC holds these offsite meetings to discuss goals and have some fun together. In the past we've had a ...


Employee Spotlight: Peter Rijks

Application Developer Peter Rijks is based in the DMC Chicago office as a member of the Microsoft Consulting Services Team. In addition to working on SharePoint-related projects and programming in .NET and C#, Peter enjoys skiing, biking, running, an...


Swashbuckling on Chicago's Lake Michigan

Five new employees started all around the same time last month, so we decided to combine our welcome parties into one big hurrah. Travelling to the eastern seas of the Midwest (i.e. Lake Michigan) we sallied forth into the unknown waters of pirating....