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Do you ever wonder how many software engineering tasks have fallen through the cracks? How many times you've let your coworkers down?

Do you have trouble remembering your software engineering accomplishments and todos for your daily standup update? I'll review the advantages and disadvantages of some common daily standup preparation strategies so you'll never sell yourself short or forget a task again.

Jira presents a lot of opportunities for tasks and accomplishments to fall through the cracks. Just like in GitHub, your coworkers can mention you in a comment on an issue assigned to someone else. Assigned tickets can sometimes fall off the Jira Board you look at with your team.

Have you ever seen a GitHub notification, made a mental note to circle back, and then later forgot where it happened or couldn't find it? We'll go over a few common GitHub todos and accomplishments worth tracking before presenting three solutions.