How I Take (and Organise) My Notes As a Software Engineer

Taking notes is incredibly important to help you remember what you are learning. In this video, I cover how I take notes and organise them, so I can find everything when I need them.

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Moleskin Notebook: https://geni.us/hfGaxG
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Building A Second Brain - https://geni.us/Vag0b
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Notion - https://www.notion.so/
Obsidian - https://obsidian.md/
Matter - https://hq.getmatter.app
Readwise - https://readwise.io

⏳ CHAPTERS
00:00 Introduction
00:22 Going fully digital
00:40 Notebook and pens
01:37 Notion
03:04 Obsidian
03:58 Building a Second Brain
04:34 Note folder structure
06:37 Matter
07:06 Readwise

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I’m Alex, a Software Developer and YouTube working in the UK. I make videos about software development to help developers with the skills they need to be senior developers.

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