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I think this is one of those things that's way easier if you start early. Not sure if schools still have typing classes now. I vaguely remember mine in the 90s,

I think this is one of those things that's way easier if you start early. Not sure if schools still have typing classes now. I vaguely remember mine in the 90s, but I didn't really get fast until I started playing MUDs and typing was a matter of life and death! Now that I think of it, they were also really helpful for learning how to scan a wall of console text and look for the useful bits, and also realizing the value of configuring shortcuts and syntax highlighting. I see someone already had the idea of using a text adventure to learn Bash: https://gitlab.com/slackermedia/bashcrawl https://gitlab.com/slackermedia/bashcrawl

runsonrum 1y ago
I also had typing classes in the 90s which I believe helped but I was also eager to learn how as I didn't have a computer at home, so any chance to get my hands on a typewriter or computer. I believe my touch typing speed come about with instant messaging applications such as AOL Instant Messenger, ICQ, or chatting in mIRC. I felt the need to type as fast as possible to be able to stay in the conversation with many users or to keep conversation moving as naturally as speaking speed.
absoluteunit1 1y ago
> Not sure if schools still have typing classes now They don't! My high school nor elementary school didn't have it - even though we literally had a computer class. It was never even mentioned. Most universities don't have it. It's mind blowing - it's such a common activity across every desk job and yet no one is teaching it.