Developing domain expertise: get your hands dirty.

Recently, I’ve been thinking about developing domain expertise, and wanted to collect my thoughts here. Although I covered some parts of this in Your first 90 days as CTO (understanding product analytics, shadowing customer support, talking to customers, and talking with your internal experts), I missed the most important dimension of effective learning: getting your hands dirty.

At Carta, I’m increasingly spending time focused on our fund financials business, which requires a deep understanding...