Blake Thorne (@blakethorne - https://twitter.com/blakethorne) of LaunchNotes talks with Vivek Sharma of Stripe (formerly of Microsoft and Meta) about how being a generalist has helped him navigate a career in product. Vivek also shares 3 things that make Stripe unique in the way they build products. 🔗 Links Vivek on Twitter: https://twitter.com/pucknorris Vivek on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/vivsha/ Vivek’s favorite product: https://chat.openai.com/chat 🚀Check out LaunchNotes: https://launchnotes.com 🙏Join Launch Awesome:  https://www.launchnotes.com/launch-awesome 📺Follow on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UClgMZx0kGDSSBAQG0wkDRyg Check out the LaunchNotes Podcast: https://launchnotes-podcast.launchnotes.io/ 📝 Show notes (00:00) - Introductions (05:01) - The value of being a generalist and listening really well (11:09) - Working on the Revenue and Finance Automation Suite at Stripe (21:49) - 3 things that make Stripe unique in the way they build products (26:34) - How "Friction Logs" help improve the user experience at Stripe (35:03) - Vivek's favorite product