I've worked with many programmers who don't know how to touch type. Anyone who uses a keyboard for more than an hour a day should learn to. It only takes about 2 weeks to learn all the keys, but it's a skill that'll save you thousands of hours throughout your entire career.
It completely baffles me that some developers haven't learned this basic skill. I've heard the argument that thinking is more important than typing. I counter that by saying if you learn to touch type, then it's easier to get into "flow" and your resistance to writing code drops pretty quickly.
I've worked with many programmers who don't know how to touch type. Anyone who uses a keyboard for more than an hour a day should learn to. It only takes about 2 weeks to learn all the keys, but it's a skill that'll save you thousands of hours throughout your entire career.
It completely baffles me that some developers haven't learned this basic skill. I've heard the argument that thinking is more important than typing. I counter that by saying if you learn to touch type, then it's easier to get into "flow" and your resistance to writing code drops pretty quickly.