How Fast Can You Touch Type? Does It Matter Now?

[LarryLEB]

When I was in high school (Grades 9 - 12) in Canada, my father insisted that I add a Typing class to my curriculum.  I did so for all 4 years of high school.  These were the days before electric typewriters.  He said it would be very helpful when I entered University.  And, he was right!  Brilliant!

 

Can still touch-type today:  probably 50 - 60 wpm.  

[frantick]

Took typing classes all thru high-school, for which I was hoping to improve my guitar playing. I still mostly suck at guitar, but typing is good. 

 

I thought, also, that it would help when I got into software development. But I soon learned that designing code vs typing time is about 99% thought to 1% typing. Maybe you should try more thinking and less typing? 555