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I still haven’t learned to touch type even though I’m in my 30’s and a professional software engineer. Other than people making fun of me, I don’t see the poin
by OkGoDoIt 6y ago
I still haven’t learned to touch type even though I’m in my 30’s and a professional software engineer. Other than people making fun of me, I don’t see the point. Programming has so many symbols and it’s not like I’m limited by my typing speed as far as I can tell. And for most non-programming text entry I’m on a phone nowadays, so touch typing skill is moot.
What would you say is the advantage to learning to touch type at this point? Has it been particularly helpful in some way?
- hermitcrab 6y agoIt is true that programming involves a lot of symbols, so touch typing doesn't make as much difference for programming as it does for, say, typing a novel. But spending more time looking at the screen, not the keyboard helps. And even a few percent improvement in productivity adds up over time. Also, even as a programmer, you are probably writing quite a lot of prose in the form of documentation, emails etc. I hardly ever do any text entry on my phone.