How do I ask for an informational chat? - 16 weeks in

I want to talk to people in a new field but I hate cold messages. I worry about bothering people. What did you ask?

Thanks for writing this out. I went through something close to it 2 months ago, and it settled down once I kept a simple log of every call and form.

Follow up with a thank-you and a short update. One of my chats led to a referral a month later.