Stage 2 · Lesson 7 of 8
Taking notes you will actually reuse
From day one, keep one private document of . Each day, add the commands you needed, answers people gave you, new terms and acronyms, who owns what, and decisions you heard about. Keep a glossary section for business and team words.
Keep a section of open questions to bring to your buddy or manager. Search your notes before asking something twice. Notes turn two chaotic weeks into a reference you will use for months. They are also the raw material for the and in later stages.
Common traptrusting memory and chat history: messages scroll away, and asking the same question a third time costs more goodwill than asking it well once.
A question to check yourself, an AI practice session and 1 cheat sheet entry come when you add the roadmap to your account. Add it
Resources for this stage
Start with· follow one of these
- GuideFreeHow to Ask Good Questions (Julia Evans)
Julia Evans · Beginner
A fifteen-minute read that changes how you ask for help from day one
- BookPaidThe Missing README: A Guide for the New Software Engineer
Chris Riccomini and Dmitriy Ryaboy (No Starch Press) · Beginner · $29.99 print, $23.99 ebook
The chapters on getting to competence and working with code match these two weeks closely