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Yes, but typing speed is still not too important.



There is some threshold where it absolutely impacts productivity. If you haven't seen this in action, you're lucky, I've ran into more than one Engineer who is otherwise very smart but somehow never learned to type.


For sure. If you're a hunt-and-peck typer, it makes meetings where we're waiting for someone to finish typing unbearable. If you're even somewhat competent at typing, then I don't think it's a big pain point.


I'd say that threshold is closer to 40 wpm than 160 wpm.


I'm glad I'm a fast typer because I can spend less time replying to pointless emails.




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