I would recommend learning to touch type. The benefits are many. I can look at the screen or something else while typing. Typing requires essentially no cons

I would recommend learning to touch type. The benefits are many. I can look at the screen or something else while typing. Typing requires essentially no conscious attention. I can just think more easily while typing. I also got a job from it once, when the company boss saw me coding away and was impressed by my typing speed! Silly I know, but it did happen :) Really doesn't take that long to learn, a few weeks or months of a small amount of daily practice would get you to enough proficiency to use it for real. I used Mavis Beacon I think, but that was a long time ago.