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One of my early mentors taught me that "it's not how fast you type but what you type" that matters. I think his lengthy career as a journalist, designer, photo
by dazzawazza 18y ago
One of my early mentors taught me that "it's not how fast you type but what you type" that matters.
I think his lengthy career as a journalist, designer, photographer, M$ engineer, Apple engineer and Google Engineer have proven him correct.
The analogy with understanding/familiarity with your tools is weak. The only important tool for an engineer is his brain.
(PS I abhor the term hacker)
- apgwoz 18y ago> The analogy with understanding/familiarity with your tools is weak. The only important tool for an engineer is his brain. But, an engineer with a great brain and no tools, is weaker. One must communicate thoughts and ideas in order to be great.
- Hexstream 18y ago"One of my early mentors taught me that "it's not how fast you type but what you type" that matters." Are you saying an increase in typing speed brings a proportionate decrease in thought quality? Otherwise you obviously end up more productive if you increase typing speed. People who compare poor coders who type fast with great coders who type slowly are utterly missing the point. Typing faster is about self-improvement. It's about having more fun at coding while being more productive. If it also makes you better than the next programmer, then great, but it's not the point.