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Re:Tell HN: Hello by maxschumacher91 on Sunday July 19, 2015 @06:57AM (#9910773)
Dear Mohamed,

do you think you'll be able to use your specific insight into the prison system as a basis for your idea? I bet there are many problems waiting to be solved.

Prisons are big money, especially in the US.

Greetings and all the best for your journey to YC

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Re:Tell HN: Hello by happyscrappy on Sunday July 19, 2015 @08:13AM (#9910937)
He is already profiting from the US prison system. Also I would not recommend tangling with prison guard unions for his first project, tackle something unrelated and revisit it when more experienced.
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Re:Tell HN: Hello by maxschumacher91 on Sunday July 19, 2015 @08:31AM (#9910968)
Profiting from the system by being employed there? That's not what I had in mind.

There are many opportunities outside of prison guard unions for innovation regarding the overall institution/process of incarceration in America.

Domain expertise will only be built by tackling a problem in that domain. How could one possibly decide against pursuing a topic without trying it at all?

Tough, seemingly entrenched markets often prove to be the most interesting: SpaceX, Uber etc

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