Hi Thomas,

>Specific Domain knowledge probably will never be a skill worth something in another job or company. Staying at my solution from last sentence: be prepared to pay more for that domain knowledge after a certain time.

Payment is not the problem. Getting developers that are able to dive into a problem (analyze and understand) and find the best solution is a whole other challenge.

From the beginning I always had a desire to understand the problem fully. The biggest problem in our field is that when clients ask you to program something, they come with a solution, rather than explaining the problem they are trying to resolve.

Since we own the product, rather than the client, we are not to keen to build solutions specific to clients needs. We need to deduct it into a common denominator with other clients. Domain knowledge is absolutely necessary in those cases to understand what the exact problem is they are trying to solve.