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Hah, I took a "keyboarding" course before programming was taught in my school. I typed a stretch at 60wpm. The teacher dryly remarked that I had just taken th
by klyrs 4y ago
Hah, I took a "keyboarding" course before programming was taught in my school. I typed a stretch at 60wpm. The teacher dryly remarked that I had just taken the 5wpm test and I'd need to work my way up to 60. Good times, good times...
- seanmcdirmid 4y agoI was just surprised we were graded on speed. Like, the girls (who...had thinner fingers on average?) would all get As by reaching 80 WPM, I'm stuck with fat fingers at 20-30 WPM (mind you, just copying text from one screen to another)...which is plenty of speed for programming and even writing comments on hacker news. These days, that would be considered insane! But in 1989...
- klyrs 4y agoTake a look at Itzhak Perlman's hands[1] and listen to him play Paganini's 24 Caprices... I am positive that you could type faster if you tried. But, I agree, one does not need to be a champion speed typist to write good code. Think more, type less. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Itzhak_Perlman#/media/File:Itzhak_Perlman_violinist_1984.jpg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Itzhak_Perlman#/media/File:Itz...
- seanmcdirmid 4y agoYes, thin dexitorious finger build isn’t necessary, but at 14 would have definitely been helpful. The job they were training us for (transcription) was mostly already on the way out anyways.