Ask HN: How to advance your career with a less than average memory?

So I'll open this by saying that I've seen plenty of examples of folks with amazing memories end up in senior roles. Being able to recall technical details, past conversations and random tidbits gleaned from conversations seems to be incredibly useful both technically and "politically".

I was curious:

- How folks who don't have amazing memories have advanced in their careers?

- What tools or processes do you use to keep track of everything?

- Have do you deal being compared with "XYZ always seems to remember exactly what the answer but you don't" type situations?