As I get older, I'm noticing my head has gotten much cloudier.<p>I often fix it at work by leaving notes for myself within in my code, my notebook, and assigning myself JIRA bug. I've also noticed that working out in the morning before work leaves more relaxed during the day and helps my memory quite a bit.<p>It hasn't negatively impacted my work as far as I can tell. I've had to bandaid fix it using the above methods, but as long as it doesn't get much worse I don't see it becoming an issue.
I'm not a programmer per se, but I've encountered this. Probably after age 35 I noticed I couldn't remember stuff I wanted to come back to as well as I had become used to years prior. I've adapted by taking extensive notes & using a "To Do List" app on Android in which I can remind myself of stuff for later.<p>I have to say though, this year is the first time I've used an Android, having been a BlackBerry fan since 2006. I still have yet to find a "Tasks" app as good as the BlackBerry's "Tasks" app.<p>Perhaps worth mentioning is that I've also noticed that coffee (& caffeine in general) no longer provides the desired 'pep' & alertness it used to. I switched to Yerba Mate last summer & it didn't live up to the hype that caught my interest. Was lurking on r/Nootropics for awhile before deciding that would be too expensive to try. Saw some success stories there, so I figured I'd mention it here. YMMV<p>Best of luck!