Ask HN: Advice for a Law Student
I’m an African web developer wedded to Linux. This whole pandemic thing set off something in me and I realised I couldn’t just continue producing web applications for clients and be happy. After the 100th Django/Wordpress app I didn’t really want to continue that way.
Privacy and security have been top of mind for a while (thanks to many advocates here) and so I decided to get into a law degree, also appreciating the maxim that being a programmer in a non-programmer field often is more beneficial to oneself and the field.
So now I’m doing a full time degree whilst trying to manage my client load (I’m a freelancer), thankfully the client I’ve booked for this year has been understanding and we’ve adjusted the timelines for their project. All this to say, I need to be as efficient and productive as possible.
So, what are some of tools (Linux only please) that you can recommend for a relatively tech savvy person doing a law degree? Right now I’m quite proficient in vim and tmux, and I’ve also found Zotero which seems to be useful for storing papers and references and the like. Then there’s obviously Libreoffice, but beyond that I’m a bit stuck. Should I use latex at all? Note taking?
All these questions point to the need for some advice on a workflow and combination of tools, and I thought this would be the best place to ask.
Thanks in advance! - nsomaru