I worked as a typist for rms for a few sessions while I was in college. IIRC, it was $10/hr and I’d do 3 hour stints. He’d sit behind/beside and dictate keystr

I worked as a typist for rms for a few sessions while I was in college. IIRC, it was $10/hr and I’d do 3 hour stints. He’d sit behind/beside and dictate keystrokes. I was a novice emacs user (especially by comparison) and he’d get frustrated when he could tell I was trying to interpret the keystrokes (instead of just typing them). I didn’t last long as it was stressful work; when I let him know I was quitting, he was gracious, observed that I’d finally become useful and “lasted longer than most”. His condition made a strong impression on me and got my cheapskate nature to be willing to spend money on Kinesis ergo keyboards later in my career when I started having minor pain.