My typing speed is not that good, its about 40 words per minute. But there are people who can type at more than 100 words per minute.
What is your typing speed? Does typing speed really matter?
My typing speed is not that good, its about 40 words per minute. But there are people who can type at more than 100 words per minute.
What is your typing speed? Does typing speed really matter?
imo, you kinda reach an inflection point after 60-70 wpm where it probably doesn’t impact productivity all that much, not based on any objectivity just a figure i threw up based on my own up’s and down’s.
no matter how fast you type, nothing impacts productivity more than being comfortable with your environment. someone who types at 30wpm but understands and uses their keybindings and shortcuts effectively can get much more done in less time than someone who can just type fast. as always, there’s also the whole competency thing. if you can say more with less words, doesn’t really matter how fast you type, does it? same goes for code, i feel.
just read the comments and someone else mentioned that it makes for more fluid writing, since you can type as you think. i believe this is what i meant by the 60-70 wpm mark. so long as your typing doesn’t impact your stream of consciousness, i think it’s largely trivial. though i could be wrong and spiteful about having maxxed out at 85-90 wpm.
ps: i spent so much time working on getting that number up, only for it to fall QUICKLY after not keeping up with my practice. anecdotally, i haven’t felt that it’s a damper on my productivity at all.