PagerDuty and Bridge Introduce First Free Backend Development Program
Bridge School is excited to announce its new partnership with PagerDuty to launch Cohort 1 for Backend Development! PagerDuty is a forward-thinking company with a mission to bring positive change to the digital ecosystem. They have worked with Bridge since 2018 to develop more diverse and inclusive practices in the tech workforce.
Bridge’s commitment is to provide free, advanced education to women, non-binary and agender tech workers. This mission will now hit a new level of impact thanks to PagerDuty’s partnership and commitment to equitable communities.
As one of Bridge’s earliest sponsors, PagerDuty’s growing partnership with Bridge will allow for an even greater impact on the tech community as the non-profit works to provide increasingly more advanced training programs. The funding from the partnership allows Bridge to conduct their first back-end cohort — an 11-week advanced training program for students who have been working as developers for 2+ years and are looking to become full-stack or backend developers. The current lack of opportunity for women, agender, and non-binary developers to experience applications at scale holds these developers back from more intermediate and senior positions. Bridge’s programming aims to fast-track promising developers into these more advanced positions.
“PagerDuty, through internal programs that include our Employee Resource Groups and our philanthropic arm PagerDuty.org, is passionately committed to supporting our local communities. This means actively creating pathways to opportunity for underserved people from diverse backgrounds. We feel strongly the Bridge School’s mandate is deeply aligned with our own cultural values, which is why we’re excited for this partnership.”
~ Dileshni Jayasinghe, Sr. Engineering Manager, PagerDuty
PagerDuty is a platform that helps companies of all sizes proactively manage their digital operations so their teams can spend less time reacting to incidents and more time building for the future. PagerDuty’s technical excellence, communication, teamwork, and their alignment with Bridge’s mission for equity, inclusivity and quality education make them a standout partner.
This partnership is a meaningful example of how Bridge is working with tech companies to hire and retain diverse talent — to build a more equitable and inclusive tech culture.
“The whole Bridge team is thrilled to be partnering with PagerDuty to bring our first Backend program to life.” ~Emily Porta, CEO, Bridge
“When we thought of companies in the Toronto tech community to partner with on the new cohort, PagerDuty was at the top of the list — not simply because of their excellent technical alignment with the program, but also because of their uniquely inclusive culture. We knew PagerDuty would be a true partner throughout the cohort, bringing immense value to our students. All of our partners bring both technical strength and a commitment to fostering an inclusive company culture to the table, and we’re proud to continue that momentum with PagerDuty’s team” said Emily.
Bridge School is working to build a better future in tech for Toronto and the surrounding areas. If you’re a company looking to participate in or even lead diversity and inclusion initiatives, contact Bridge School today to learn more about our partnerships: hello@bridgeschool.io.
