How Retool eng defines 'done, done & done' w/ Tamar Ben-Shachar
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.
In this episode:
0:00 Intro
0:26 What themes has Tamar noticed across exceptional teams?
2:17 What does ready mean? Tamar's "done, done, done"
7:04 Dani wants to know how Tamar balances a high quality bar w/ scope creep
14:01 The impact of Retool's "quality bar dashboard"
15:32 Tamar's advice for eng hiring at startups
20:38 Dani & Irtefa share what it was like hiring Jam's first engineer
28:23 Building the ability as a team to say "no"
39:07 Tamar's advice to engineers: boast about your work!
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