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The article is a nothingburger, as others have noted. But quite often, you get replies in the comments saying that _all_ note-taking and organization is a proc
by bityard 3y ago
The article is a nothingburger, as others have noted.
But quite often, you get replies in the comments saying that _all_ note-taking and organization is a procrastinating waste of time. ("Why can't everyone just memorize everything like I do???") Which is wrong too.
Notes are just a tool for knowledge work. They are necessary but not sufficient. If you're not writing things down SOMEWHERE every day, you are leaving a LOT of mental capacity on the table. All the while setting up Future You to relearn the same things over and over again.
(Final tangent: apprentice woodworkers and blacksmiths would craft their own basic tools when just getting started, I think most apprentice software devs should do the same.)
- MisterBastahrd 3y agoI graduated from college because a classmate took notes. I rarely ever attended class in my major. I was notorious for it. I had 3 jobs. I would ride the bus an hour and a half to school and spend most days sleeping in the student union. I'd go xerox her notes right before the test, study them a few times during lunch breaks and afterward at work, and then go take the exams. She took such good notes that I almost always had higher grades than she did. Studying notes is more important than taking them, but having great notes means As if you understand what you're reading.