[taylodl]

Yes.

By learning to touch type you can keep your eyes focused on what you're writing rather than split between the screen and keyboard. I learned to touch type in my mid twenties. A friend convinced me of the benefits. He swore that I would lose productivity for only a couple of weeks. He was right. For the first 2-3 weeks I could not type as fast and had to force myself to not revert to my old ways. Which was really hard. But it paid off. Now I type and never look at the keyboard, staying fully focused on the code/text I'm producing. Highly recommend it.