I belive the transition to the new domain - that the new company knew about very well - should be assited by the right tasks to learn. To learn! - which is some

I belive the transition to the new domain - that the new company knew about very well - should be assited by the right tasks to learn. To learn! - which is something we do day by day even by hanging on to existing domains: we miss and we fall. The process of learning will uncover the parts we can ask about. To ask! As others already mentioned: asking helps. Assuming you know what to ask. That's where the learning process helps itself: uncovers dtails and further topics to ask about. Asking includes not only people but information sources like Google and Wikipedia - and the kind you will discover on your own as relevant one to your domain. To me usally the process of learning the product first as a novice client on a basic level is the best to start with (ideally joining an introductory course). Not being sad if half of it is in greek. Remember the greek part as something to study next. Then - or maybe instead of it - receiving important but many times neglected tasks of documentation and testing, fixing outstanding tiny problems also helps. Carrying out these gives the satisfaction to be useful and so boost confidence, which in turn helps asking 'silly' questions. Newcomers ask silly questions, this is a fact, no way avoiding it and should not be avoided since these show lack of fundamental knowledge that the newcomer do not posess yet. Still newcomers afraid to ask because they lack some confidence (at least I do in such situations) so anything that boosts confidence a bit is a huge help. So small but important tasks might help a lot. All this is impossible without the assistance of the domain experts and the experts of the company culture (since the answer many times is not in the logics of the domain but in the culture or even the history of the particular company). It should be accepted that your initial pace is slower due to the requirements of the domain and company switch that comes with things to process. I believe the situation should be discussed honestly with the superiors as the least. They are as interested in productive work as you are and they may not have that high expectations for this period as you may think (being aware of your transition).