They are very, very likely to talk to other people who are good at X (or otherwise professionally involved with the sorts of problems of people who talk to people working on X), likely have a better calibration than you do on who is good at them, and *will often love to be asked*
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(In Silicon Valley there is a subtle culture about the difference between "Who should I talk to about X?" and "Who would you introduce me to talk to about X?" Part of me understands; part of me believes that where the difference is material just resample the conversational pool.)
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Would you rather ask for people or for resources?
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These alternatives are not competitive with each other; feel free to ask for both.
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Reminds me of a prof who had a strategy for learning new fields. Pick a book at random, and note all the books in the bibliography. Then look at each book in that list, noting their bibliographies. Repeat this a few times, and you have an ordered list of the most important works.
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Who else should I talk to about fintech?
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Who else can I talk to about the billing error on my account?
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This is also great way to find amazing people when recruiting.
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So, so true
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