This is very, very true for me. I read, optimistically, 5% of my notes.

As a corollary, I’m unable to take notes if the notepad is too fancy. I get analysis paralysis from something like a moleskine, like something this nice deserves nicely formatted notes. Only cheapo gas station notpads work for me.

Given we are at software engineering forum where most of us likely use ticket tracking system which are basically fancy notes... I feel your statement is disingenuous.

I also found writing notes to be helpful for memorization, though I never really tested it against typing notes. Writing legibly was not a necessity, my notes were an unreadable mess.

Writing takes up all of my concentration, and I literally do not hear what the person is saying next while I'm writing down what they just said.