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I'm trying to ideate on some small ideas for Open Source projects or Startups. I'm exploring things like free education (ala Khan Academy), and other ideas around providing access to free food.

What are some other problems that people have that could be solved in a similar way?

I've recently transitioned to an Engineering Leadership role within a large enterprise, and one thing I struggle with is keeping track of all my work and commitments, big and small. I try and keep notes in a notepad, but sometimes after I'm on my 4th or 5th page of notes for the day, I quickly forget to transcribe and organise those notes at the end of the day. And not to mention, that's not really that fun. I've tried using Joplin for taking notes on the computer, I've tried markdown files in Vim, but I struggle to make that habitual as it's kind of out-of-site-out-of-mind, and I usually end up reverting to reactionary ways of working and prioritising whatever is at the top of my email inbox.

Any advice on methodologies, or tools?

I've read and followed GTD before, but find it a little too granular and feel like I don't really have the right tools to pull it off (restricted internet access at work so many cloud solutions like evernote are off the table for myself). I also struggle with keeping notes during meetings, sometimes my notes are very sparse and not actually capturing the detail and thoughts that need to be captured. Having 4-8 hours of meetings every day also makes it difficult to find time to gather thoughts between those meetings, but I try to flesh out my notes post meeting if I can and that helps a little.

I thought this would be a violation as I'm not able to decrypt that data today, but as soon as technology got to a certain point, or true quantum computers become a thing, I'd be able to decrypt that date possibly trivially.

I was listening to a podcast where they described this as being a viable way of adhering to requests to delete personal information.

So I've been a developer for ~8 years now. I've got a great job in an awesome team working in the fintech space however I haven't got any degrees at all. I rely completely on what I have taught myself, and on the job learning from my peers (only really relevant in the last 3 years - I was all on my own before then).

I'm a strong developer and my team and manager echo that (though room to grow of course), but I worry what it will be like when I finally have to start looking for a new job. I don't think I would be all that good at the typical "whiteboard" interview (of which I've never had to do so far, luckily enough). Also, rather than learning how to interview, I am interested in filling any knowledge gaps that I do have in the computer science space. What are some good resources (self driven) that I can use (for an already strong developer) to get up to speed? Most of what I have seen already is starting from the basics, which I already have covered.