GitHub's VP of Engineering (Dana Lawson) shares a story from earlier in her career where joined a company as a manager and then found out they got acquired soon after. She discusses how she handled this transitional period and what she learned. After that, she offers live advice to an engineering manager trying to understand how to align on priorities at a startup. Decisive Moments is presented by Plato, a mentorship platform to help engineering managers to become better leaders (https://www.platohq.com/)

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