I start my day at 8:45am, meeting the Stride engagement team for coffee (paid for by Stride) and planning our day. At 9am, walk into client office. Say hi to team. Check email. 9:15am: standup with team. 9:30am: pair program with client team member on new feature for financial exchange. 12:00pm: lunch with some client team people and some Striders. 1:00pm: pair program. At 6:00pm I leave the office to go home for dinner!
Michael
Principal Consultant, Software Engineer
Arielle
Developer Consultant
I’ve had the opportunity to learn from fellow Striders and from the client developers we work with through pairing, lunch-and-learns, and presentations. I’ve had the chance to work on my facilitation skills running retros and engineering decision meetings. I’m co-chair of the Diversity Committee, which led an effort to recruit more female developers.
Emmanuel
Developer Consultant
We have such a high incidence of kind, patient, and good-natured teachers. You learn so fast in a community like this. Because we’re the product, investment in our development is completely expected, and I feel so supported in my career here.
Madelyn
Developer Consultant
Claire
Developer Consultant
New York, New York
New York, New York
In 2014, I founded Stride Consulting on the premise that all teams have the potential to be high-functioning, empowered, and happy. As we grow, it is important to our culture and our business that we strengthen our commitment to diversity and inclusion. Our team and all teams that Stride works with will benefit, as a result. Diverse teams solve complex problems better, perform better, and have higher morale.
To me, being truly committed to diversity and inclusion means doing the right thing when no one is looking. It means equal pay for equal work. It means having a zero-tolerance policy on harassment. It means giving everyone a voice and listening when they speak. It means sacrificing revenue by being willing to fire a vendor or client for failing to uphold our code of conduct in order to maintain a safe working environment for all
Diversity and Inclusion is not something you can ever consider “done.” It is not a checkbox on a to-do list. It is a mindset, a way of conducting ourselves day in and day out.
At Stride, we pride ourselves on working hard to combat unconscious bias both in our hiring process and in our everyday work. We don’t assume we’ve gotten it all perfect. Instead, we continuously look for areas of improvement. Above all, we are humble and willing to learn every single day.
Best, Debbie
CEO & Founder
127 West 26th Street
New York, NY 10001
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