So some manager’s manager announced a re-org. Whether you’re an engineer, a manager, or a chief-of-everything-awesome, you’re probably freaking out, and you have every reason to. Changes are as hard as they are inevitable, both for the people in charge and for the people affected by it. You can either control the change, or let the change control you.

As an engineer and an engineering manager working at a hyper-growth company, we’ve been through some changes and learned some lessons. In our talk we’ll go over this process together, figure out what’s so hard about it from a manger’s and an engineer’s perspective, and talk about some of the techniques we’ve used to ease the pain.