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Re:Japan's cyber-security minister has 'never used a computer' by cat199 on Thursday November 15, 2018 @01:03PM (#18461614)
> with enough software development experience ...

^ this detail basically supports the initial point that domain experience is required..

Re:Japan's cyber-security minister has 'never used a computer' by closeparen on Thursday November 15, 2018 @01:04PM (#18461636)
Nevertheless, his role is to manage people and their careers, not to make technical decisions.
Re:Japan's cyber-security minister has 'never used a computer' by jrace on Thursday November 15, 2018 @04:23PM (#18463499)
And the argument is that those with domain experience are better at managing the people - because they understand what and how those people need to to their job properly.