{"id":25517,"date":"2023-01-25T16:45:03","date_gmt":"2023-01-25T21:45:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.avant.com\/blog\/?p=25517"},"modified":"2024-01-11T12:56:49","modified_gmt":"2024-01-11T17:56:49","slug":"meet-stephen-from-product-management","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.avant.com\/blog\/avant\/meet-stephen-from-product-management\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet Stephen from the Product Management Team"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Every unique and talented Avantee is a co-creator of the Avant culture we love. We hope the @Avant series helps you get to know who we are, how we do what we do, and what it looks like to build your career at Avant.<\/em><\/p>\n<h1><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Stephen Lang<\/span><\/h1>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Director of Product Management, formerly <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Senior Manager<\/span><\/h2>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Joined Avant in 2015<\/span><\/h2>\n<h3>What\u2019s it like to work @Avant? We asked Stephen for his take on our culture, and here\u2019s what he said:<\/h3>\n<h3>1. How would you describe Avant\u2019s culture?<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.avant.com/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Stephen-Lang.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-25518 size-medium alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.avant.com/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Stephen-Lang-240x300.jpg\" alt=\"Stephen Lang, Senior Manager on the Banking team, smiling in a blue and white striped shirt\" width=\"240\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.avant.com/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Stephen-Lang-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/www.avant.com/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Stephen-Lang-768x960.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.avant.com/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Stephen-Lang.jpg 792w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/><\/a>In my seven years here, it&#8217;s always been collaborative, focused, and fun. Meaning, we all share a collective vision for Avant that we&#8217;re trying to move toward, we understand that we have an impact on people&#8217;s financial lives, and we&#8217;re having fun while we&#8217;re doing it. At the end of the day, there will always be goals and deadlines, and we\u2019ll always have stuff going on in our personal lives, but being too serious takes the joy out of work. Why not have fun and enjoy being collaborative? It\u2019s like our saying from the early days of Avant: we get sh!t done, responsibly.<\/p>\n<h3><b>2. Why are you happy\/successful here?<\/b><\/h3>\n<p>The reason I&#8217;ve been here for so long and why I&#8217;ve been happy here is that there are always new opportunities, new initiatives, new teams, new parts of the company that you can work on. Seven years ago, I was hired to do one thing, and now I&#8217;m doing something that is not even remotely related to that thing. The opportunities shift as our priorities shift over time, which has given me the chance to learn more about the business and different functions as we grow. We\u2019re always solving problems, always making forward progress, always being goal-oriented and results-driven, and in short, the job you have here is basically what you make it. If you see opportunities and you seek them out and make your voice heard, make your ambitions known, then there\u2019s nothing but opportunity at Avant. That\u2019s why I\u2019ve stayed here, and been happy while doing it.<\/p>\n<h3><b>3. What&#8217;s your favorite thing about the way your specific job role works?<\/b><\/h3>\n<p>It&#8217;s constantly changing and evolving over time, and there&#8217;s always something new to work on. We\u2019re not going to get everything right the first time, but we&#8217;ll make the best decision we can based on the information we have and then keep iterating. Being adaptable and collaborative and responsive to what\u2019s happening in the now has been a huge positive for me. And specific to my current role over the past two years, my favorite thing has been working with and getting to know all the great people across the company. Everyone&#8217;s collaborating, everyone\u2019s making progress, everyone\u2019s getting sh!t done and moving forward. The people at Avant, we are all good at finding a way to work together successfully.<\/p>\n<h3><b>4. If you had to describe who you are and not mention your work at all, what would you say?<\/b><\/h3>\n<p>I am a dad to two crazy boys, 3 and 6, so there\u2019s just constant energy and craziness and fighting there. I also watch a lot of movies and TV shows\u2014I typically try to watch all the award-winning movies and shows each year, but my guilty pleasure is anything The Rock is in. Back in the day, a bunch of us created a Slack room called the People\u2019s Room, because The Rock is the People\u2019s Champ. We had these initiation questions if someone wanted to join the group, like \u201crank all of the Fast and Furious movies in order,\u201d and of course, The Rock ones have to be at the top. And then I also play a fair amount of video games with some friends to stay in touch in this digitally sporadic world. Otherwise I just love to relax and be at home and get some down time when we&#8217;re not running around being parent taxis.<\/p>\n<h3><b>5. When you were little, what did you want to be when you grew up?<\/b><\/h3>\n<p>An astronaut. I was always into space in general. And I\u2019m obviously not an astronaut now, but I studied engineering in college, so I did learn a bunch about the math and physics side of space. The book parts of space!<\/p>\n<h2><b>Like what you\u2019re reading? Work with us!<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.avant.com\/jobs\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Check out our open positions here.<\/span><\/a><br \/>\n<\/b><\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Every unique and talented Avantee is a co-creator of the Avant culture we love. We hope the @Avant series helps you get to know who we are, how we do what we do, and what it looks like to build your career at Avant. Stephen Lang Director of Product Management, formerly Senior Manager Joined Avant [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":37,"featured_media":25524,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"ocean_post_layout":"","ocean_both_sidebars_style":"","ocean_both_sidebars_content_width":0,"ocean_both_sidebars_sidebars_width":0,"ocean_sidebar":"","ocean_second_sidebar":"","ocean_disable_margins":"enable","ocean_add_body_class":"","ocean_shortcode_before_top_bar":"","ocean_shortcode_after_top_bar":"","ocean_shortcode_before_header":"","ocean_shortcode_after_header":"","ocean_has_shortcode":"","ocean_shortcode_after_title":"","ocean_shortcode_before_footer_widgets":"","ocean_shortcode_after_footer_widgets":"","ocean_shortcode_before_footer_bottom":"","ocean_shortcode_after_footer_bottom":"","ocean_display_top_bar":"default","ocean_display_header":"default","ocean_header_style":"","ocean_center_header_left_menu":"","ocean_custom_header_template":"","ocean_custom_logo":0,"ocean_custom_retina_logo":0,"ocean_custom_logo_max_width":0,"ocean_custom_logo_tablet_max_width":0,"ocean_custom_logo_mobile_max_width":0,"ocean_custom_logo_max_height":0,"ocean_custom_logo_tablet_max_height":0,"ocean_custom_logo_mobile_max_height":0,"ocean_header_custom_menu":"","ocean_menu_typo_font_family":"","ocean_menu_typo_font_subset":"","ocean_menu_typo_font_size":0,"ocean_menu_typo_font_size_tablet":0,"ocean_menu_typo_font_size_mobile":0,"ocean_menu_typo_font_size_unit":"px","ocean_menu_typo_font_weight":"","ocean_menu_typo_font_weight_tablet":"","ocean_menu_typo_font_weight_mobile":"","ocean_menu_typo_transform":"","ocean_menu_typo_transform_tablet":"","ocean_menu_typo_transform_mobile":"","ocean_menu_typo_line_height":0,"ocean_menu_typo_line_height_tablet":0,"ocean_menu_typo_line_height_mobile":0,"ocean_menu_typo_line_height_unit":"","ocean_menu_typo_spacing":0,"ocean_menu_typo_spacing_tablet":0,"ocean_menu_typo_spacing_mobile":0,"ocean_menu_typo_spacing_unit":"","ocean_menu_link_color":"","ocean_menu_link_color_hover":"","ocean_menu_link_color_active":"","ocean_menu_link_background":"","ocean_menu_link_hover_background":"","ocean_menu_link_active_background":"","ocean_menu_social_links_bg":"","ocean_menu_social_hover_links_bg":"","ocean_menu_social_links_color":"","ocean_menu_social_hover_links_color":"","ocean_disable_title":"default","ocean_disable_heading":"default","ocean_post_title":"","ocean_post_subheading":"","ocean_post_title_style":"","ocean_post_title_background_color":"","ocean_post_title_background":0,"ocean_post_title_bg_image_position":"","ocean_post_title_bg_image_attachment":"","ocean_post_title_bg_image_repeat":"","ocean_post_title_bg_image_size":"","ocean_post_title_height":0,"ocean_post_title_bg_overlay":0.5,"ocean_post_title_bg_overlay_color":"","ocean_disable_breadcrumbs":"default","ocean_breadcrumbs_color":"","ocean_breadcrumbs_separator_color":"","ocean_breadcrumbs_links_color":"","ocean_breadcrumbs_links_hover_color":"","ocean_display_footer_widgets":"default","ocean_display_footer_bottom":"default","ocean_custom_footer_template":"","ocean_post_oembed":"","ocean_post_self_hosted_media":"","ocean_post_video_embed":"","ocean_link_format":"","ocean_link_format_target":"self","ocean_quote_format":"","ocean_quote_format_link":"post","ocean_gallery_link_images":"off","ocean_gallery_id":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[1437],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25517","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-avant","entry","has-media"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Meet Stephen from the Product Management Team - The Avant Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.avant.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25517\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Meet Stephen from the Product Management Team - The Avant Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Every unique and talented Avantee is a co-creator of the Avant culture we love. We hope the @Avant series helps you get to know who we are, how we do what we do, and what it looks like to build your career at Avant. Stephen Lang Director of Product Management, formerly Senior Manager Joined Avant [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.avant.com\/blog\/avant\/meet-stephen-from-product-management\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"The Avant Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-01-25T21:45:03+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-01-11T17:56:49+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.avant.com/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Stephen-Lang-@Avant-Header.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"400\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Kelly Stock\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Kelly Stock\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"4 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.avant.com\/blog\/avant\/meet-stephen-from-product-management\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.avant.com\/blog\/avant\/meet-stephen-from-product-management\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Kelly Stock\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.avant.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/c0166a511d6c467d2fda4438762dff57\"},\"headline\":\"Meet Stephen from the Product Management Team\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-01-25T21:45:03+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-01-11T17:56:49+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.avant.com\/blog\/avant\/meet-stephen-from-product-management\/\"},\"wordCount\":741,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.avant.com\/blog\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.avant.com\/blog\/avant\/meet-stephen-from-product-management\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.avant.com/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Stephen-Lang-@Avant-Header.png\",\"articleSection\":[\"@Avant\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.avant.com\/blog\/avant\/meet-stephen-from-product-management\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.avant.com\/blog\/avant\/meet-stephen-from-product-management\/\",\"name\":\"Meet Stephen from the Product Management Team - The Avant Blog\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.avant.com\/blog\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.avant.com\/blog\/avant\/meet-stephen-from-product-management\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.avant.com\/blog\/avant\/meet-stephen-from-product-management\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.avant.com/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Stephen-Lang-@Avant-Header.png\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-01-25T21:45:03+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-01-11T17:56:49+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.avant.com\/blog\/avant\/meet-stephen-from-product-management\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.avant.com\/blog\/avant\/meet-stephen-from-product-management\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.avant.com\/blog\/avant\/meet-stephen-from-product-management\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.avant.com/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Stephen-Lang-@Avant-Header.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.avant.com/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Stephen-Lang-@Avant-Header.png\",\"width\":1200,\"height\":400,\"caption\":\"Stephen Lang, Senior Manager, smiling in a grey polo next to the Avant logo on a boundless blue background\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.avant.com\/blog\/avant\/meet-stephen-from-product-management\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.avant.com\/blog\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Meet Stephen from the Product Management Team\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.avant.com\/blog\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.avant.com\/blog\/\",\"name\":\"The Avant Blog\",\"description\":\"\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.avant.com\/blog\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.avant.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.avant.com\/blog\/#organization\",\"name\":\"The Avant Blog\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.avant.com\/blog\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.avant.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.avant.com/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Primary_Brand-Mark_Blue_RGB-1.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.avant.com/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Primary_Brand-Mark_Blue_RGB-1.png\",\"width\":1000,\"height\":359,\"caption\":\"The Avant Blog\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.avant.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.avant.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/c0166a511d6c467d2fda4438762dff57\",\"name\":\"Kelly Stock\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.avant.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/8ce72bdb490414c9f51cafeeaf806b70815dbb764e2e7b47c2a83852da57cc11?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/8ce72bdb490414c9f51cafeeaf806b70815dbb764e2e7b47c2a83852da57cc11?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Kelly Stock\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.avant.com\/blog\/author\/kelly-stockavant-com\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Meet Stephen from the Product Management Team - The Avant Blog","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.avant.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25517","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Meet Stephen from the Product Management Team - The Avant Blog","og_description":"Every unique and talented Avantee is a co-creator of the Avant culture we love. We hope the @Avant series helps you get to know who we are, how we do what we do, and what it looks like to build your career at Avant. Stephen Lang Director of Product Management, formerly Senior Manager Joined Avant [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/www.avant.com\/blog\/avant\/meet-stephen-from-product-management\/","og_site_name":"The Avant Blog","article_published_time":"2023-01-25T21:45:03+00:00","article_modified_time":"2024-01-11T17:56:49+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1200,"height":400,"url":"https:\/\/www.avant.com/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Stephen-Lang-@Avant-Header.png","type":"image\/png"}],"author":"Kelly Stock","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Kelly Stock","Est. reading time":"4 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.avant.com\/blog\/avant\/meet-stephen-from-product-management\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.avant.com\/blog\/avant\/meet-stephen-from-product-management\/"},"author":{"name":"Kelly Stock","@id":"https:\/\/www.avant.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/c0166a511d6c467d2fda4438762dff57"},"headline":"Meet Stephen from the Product Management Team","datePublished":"2023-01-25T21:45:03+00:00","dateModified":"2024-01-11T17:56:49+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.avant.com\/blog\/avant\/meet-stephen-from-product-management\/"},"wordCount":741,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.avant.com\/blog\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.avant.com\/blog\/avant\/meet-stephen-from-product-management\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.avant.com/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Stephen-Lang-@Avant-Header.png","articleSection":["@Avant"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.avant.com\/blog\/avant\/meet-stephen-from-product-management\/","url":"https:\/\/www.avant.com\/blog\/avant\/meet-stephen-from-product-management\/","name":"Meet Stephen from the Product Management Team - The Avant Blog","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.avant.com\/blog\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.avant.com\/blog\/avant\/meet-stephen-from-product-management\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.avant.com\/blog\/avant\/meet-stephen-from-product-management\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.avant.com/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Stephen-Lang-@Avant-Header.png","datePublished":"2023-01-25T21:45:03+00:00","dateModified":"2024-01-11T17:56:49+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.avant.com\/blog\/avant\/meet-stephen-from-product-management\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.avant.com\/blog\/avant\/meet-stephen-from-product-management\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.avant.com\/blog\/avant\/meet-stephen-from-product-management\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.avant.com/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Stephen-Lang-@Avant-Header.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.avant.com/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Stephen-Lang-@Avant-Header.png","width":1200,"height":400,"caption":"Stephen Lang, Senior Manager, smiling in a grey polo next to the Avant logo on a boundless blue background"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.avant.com\/blog\/avant\/meet-stephen-from-product-management\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.avant.com\/blog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Meet Stephen from the Product Management Team"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.avant.com\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.avant.com\/blog\/","name":"The Avant Blog","description":"","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.avant.com\/blog\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.avant.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.avant.com\/blog\/#organization","name":"The Avant Blog","url":"https:\/\/www.avant.com\/blog\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.avant.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.avant.com/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Primary_Brand-Mark_Blue_RGB-1.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.avant.com/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Primary_Brand-Mark_Blue_RGB-1.png","width":1000,"height":359,"caption":"The Avant Blog"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.avant.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.avant.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/c0166a511d6c467d2fda4438762dff57","name":"Kelly Stock","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.avant.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/8ce72bdb490414c9f51cafeeaf806b70815dbb764e2e7b47c2a83852da57cc11?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/8ce72bdb490414c9f51cafeeaf806b70815dbb764e2e7b47c2a83852da57cc11?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Kelly Stock"},"url":"https:\/\/www.avant.com\/blog\/author\/kelly-stockavant-com\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.avant.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25517","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.avant.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.avant.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.avant.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/37"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.avant.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25517"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.avant.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25517\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.avant.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25524"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.avant.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25517"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.avant.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25517"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.avant.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25517"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}