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How to get better at context switching?

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Mid-Level Software Engineer at Taro Community2 days ago

Hey all, how do you organize your day-to-day to be better at context switching?

If not taking notes, what else do you do to be more productive with multiple tasks?

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    Tech Lead @ Robinhood, Meta, Course Hero
    a day ago

    The main thing for me is to write a lot. Everything you do, you should be oozing communication:

    • Write well-detailed tasks
    • Write high-quality PRs
    • Take thorough meeting notes
    • Regularly update people on what you're doing across all your tasks/workstreams (emails, Slack/Teams, etc)

    This way whenever you go into something (e.g. "I have my 1 on 1 with Mark tomorrow, and I need to figure out what to talk about"), there's a bunch of rich context you can quickly "download" to get right back into things. I talk more about building a stellar writing muscle here: "Tips for someone with poor working memory?"

    Here's another useful related thread: "How to work on multiple tasks in parallel efficiently?"