Ask HN: How do you get domain expertise in less technical industries?
The fields that are top of mind are medicine, non-profits and governmental services, construction and agriculture.
If I were interested in starting a venture in one of these fields, I'd cold call and reach out to any and all contacts to try to get an understanding of the environment. However, there's likely only a few people who have a full grasp of what tech exists in the space. Reputation-wise, the largest companies in these fields often aren't as "sexy" and aren't known to have the career trajectory or compensation of more mainstream firms (regardless of whether that's true), so I don't think we're getting as many strong applicants into these vital fields.
I'd love to hear from folks in these industries on how you got into it, and how you recommend others do so?
Thank you!