I've written before about why developers should keep a journal or daily note about their work.
Here are some of the small, recurring benefits you get by writing down your progress each day:
- Remembering where you left off yesterday so you can get started quickly
- Having a record of how far you’ve come over a timespan
- Keeping a written memory of everything you worked on for your resume/portfolio/salary negotiation/etc
- Flagging things you didn’t understand for later review
- Saving links to solutions that solved a problem so you can look them up later if you have the same problem
- VENTING FRUSTRATION!
These are just a few ideas that come to mind. There are many other reasons to keep a journal!
If you keep a journal, how is it helpful?
If you don't keep a journal, why not?
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