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Despite tech-savvy reputation, Gen Z falls behind in keyboard typing skills (www.techspot.com)

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[–] [email protected] 55 points 1 week ago (22 children)

I'm a programmer. I write hundreds of lines of code a day (of varying levels of quality ofc). I also fix technology (phones, laptops, desktops. tablets, etc). I'm probably one of the most "tech-savvy" people I know. I very rarely type faster than 70 wpm. it's just not necessary for what most of us are doing.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (9 children)

But think about arguing online! It's apparently a hobby and to be competitive, you need to be able to spew bullshit at amazing rates. Personally I've maxed out at 140 wpm, but usually stay in the 100 wpm range.

Programming? Idk, I spend more time thinking than typing personally. Good code requires you to consider all the corner cases and such.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago (6 children)

I prefer to argue on the internet via my phone, which I can type pretty fast on thanks to the swipe to type.

and yeah programming simply doesn't require fast typing, I tend to diagram everything out on my whiteboard before even opening my ide. I just have to write tons and tons of code since I'm in a few low level programming classes

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

and yeah programming simply doesn't require fast typing

Funny enough making MC plugins and mods while moderating my own server was what got me to over 100 WPM

Because without meds my brain fires so fast that if I DIDNT type at 115 I'd have forgotten where my for loop was going before ive even finished the conditions it triggers under

My code is slooooooopppyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy thanks to that, but it's also not for anyone else's eyes ever so im good

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

The someone else's eyes are your eyes a few months down the line when you have to fix something