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Typing speed is completely irrelevant. When I'm keyboarding in "stream-of-consciousness" mode (IM session, taking notes, etc.) my typing speed is well north of
by jerhewet 16y ago
Typing speed is completely irrelevant.
When I'm keyboarding in "stream-of-consciousness" mode (IM session, taking notes, etc.) my typing speed is well north of 160WPM. But when I'm writing code I type in fits and bursts -- a blur of fingers for a while, then blurs with small gaps of silence, then blur-peck-peck-pause-peck-peck-blur. Lather, rinse, repeat.
I'd bet most programmers exhibit this behaviour, but are (for the most part) unaware of it.
- danohuiginn 16y ago160wpm? Really? You're into world record territory there: http://www.owled.com/typing.html http://www.owled.com/typing.html
- xutopia 16y agoThe Guiness world records are with numbers only because they are consistent from language to language. I suspect someone can type much faster with a non-accented language.
- jerhewet 16y agoI spent close to 8 hours a day for almost two years in front of one of these when I was first starting out: http://www.columbia.edu/acis/history/univac1710.html http://www.columbia.edu/acis/history/univac1710.html Which is why I emphasized "stream-of-consciousness". When you're doing that much data entry (U.S. Navy, destroyer tender, circa 1975, btw) you quickly learn to let muscle memory take over while your mind is elsewhere. Hell, I was one of the slower typists in the shop -- there were guys around me that could consistently cruise through work orders at 200WPM or more!