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I'm fairly certain one of the managers at my old job used to very strongly encourage his interns to type properly. And by very strongly encourage I mean threate
by caw 14y ago
I'm fairly certain one of the managers at my old job used to very strongly encourage his interns to type properly. And by very strongly encourage I mean threaten to fire them if they didn't show typing improvement over the semester. I'm not sure he could have legally, but it worked as motivation for those guys. When he came in to the shared office area, he'd point out to them that they were typing wrong. So it's really about the motivation to change (which I think you have), and maybe external reinforcement (tell your coworkers that if they walk over to talk to you and catch you typing with 2 fingers to say something).
Other than that, yes, the Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing programs of the world can help you learn to type. When I first got a computer, I just learned to type by using 1 finger, then 2 fingers, then 2-3 fingers on each hand. I did one of the typing programs and started learning how to type properly. I was nowhere near 110 WPM though improperly, more like 20-40 wpm. 110 with only 2 fingers is pretty beastly :)
- GFischer 14y agoI learned using a typing-teacher program as well. Just took an online test (which made me copy a quote from the Origin of Species) and it gave me a 78 WPM number, so 110 is pretty amazing (and maybe a hurdle to switching). Test: http://www.typeonline.co.uk/typingspeed.php http://www.typeonline.co.uk/typingspeed.php