I learned typing on a typewriter during my college summer holidays because the general advise was that if I end-up being a total academic failure, I would be ab

I learned typing on a typewriter during my college summer holidays because the general advise was that if I end-up being a total academic failure, I would be able to earn my bread by typing legal documents at the city court. I thought it was a useless idea but learned it anyway (in two languages, no less). As it happens, this came handy throughout my career (before and after I was a software developer). No matter what you do, you are much more productive on a computer, if you can type without looking at the keyboard at 70-80 wpm (not bragging because in the world of good touch typists, that is a poor score).