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> much less likely to have a comp-sci degree > consistent requirements for devs like "touch type 60 words per minute" How are those two things related? Is ty

by kgwgk 5y ago

> much less likely to have a comp-sci degree > consistent requirements for devs like "touch type 60 words per minute" How are those two things related? Is typing part of the computer science curriculum?

Aeolun 5y ago
It was part of my elementary school curriculum :/ and that was 22 years ago. (In the Netherlands, and of course we used typewriters, since we didn’t have that many computers yet) Edit: modified for clarity based on comment
- kgwgk 5y ago
  I'm pretty sure computers were not so rare in the Netherlands in 1999!
  - Aeolun 5y ago
    Fair point. I meant, we had computers, but not a whole class full of them. Teaching kids one by one on the one computer per class would have been very inefficient. Modified the original comment.
perl4ever 5y ago
I don't think so; the causation would be in the opposite direction. A lot of experience typing (code) would tend to make someone more likely to pursue and complete a CS degree.