> One quality I find with above-average programmers is they type so much faster than the average programmers. Correlation, causation, etc... I imagine that mos

> One quality I find with above-average programmers is they type so much faster than the average programmers. Correlation, causation, etc... I imagine that most above-average programmers have spent a lot of time programming, which does involve some typing. So they get relatively fast at it. But I would just caution against bringing up typing speed since it shouldn't be a goal in and of itself. > They also have to be able to think quicker once the steps ahead of them are clear. Not really sure how typing quickly helps you think quicker. I've seen programmers who appear to love banging their fingers against the keyboard but never stop to think, and suffer for it. (anecdata, etc)