# How Retool eng defines 'done, done & done' w/ Tamar Ben-Shachar - YouTube

We got to chat with Tamar Ben-Shachar! She's an engineering leader at Retool, and previously led eng teams at Stripe — so we wanted to know everything. Super excited to share this conversation with you all. We get into feature launches, eng hiring, and our favorite - Tamar's definition for product readiness: done, done & done.

## We discuss:

- [0:26](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GDi_L985diU&t=26s&ref=strawberryjam.ghost.io) What themes has Tamar noticed across exceptional teams?
- [2:17](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GDi_L985diU&t=137s&ref=strawberryjam.ghost.io) What does ready mean? Tamar's "done, done, done"
- [7:04](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GDi_L985diU&t=424s&ref=strawberryjam.ghost.io) Dani wants to know how Tamar balances a high quality bar w/ scope creep
- [14:01](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GDi_L985diU&t=841s&ref=strawberryjam.ghost.io) The impact of Retool's "quality bar dashboard"
- [15:32](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GDi_L985diU&t=932s&ref=strawberryjam.ghost.io) Tamar's advice for eng hiring at startups
- [20:38](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GDi_L985diU&t=1238s&ref=strawberryjam.ghost.io) Dani & Irtefa share what it was like hiring Jam's first engineer
- [28:23](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GDi_L985diU&t=1703s&ref=strawberryjam.ghost.io) Building the ability as a team to say "no"
- [39:07](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GDi_L985diU&t=2347s&ref=strawberryjam.ghost.io) Tamar's advice to engineers: boast about your work!

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