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As a designer specializing in an industry, youβll understand the domain deeply and will be able to make a faster impact to the company that hired you. If youβre coming to the design from another role (education, for instance), this could be a good way to get an in. For example, new designers who have worked in your field (letβs say as a nurse practitioner) will have a domain knowledge advantage over designers who have never done work in this space.