[ergocoder]

While no one cares, if you type really really slow, then it will impact your performance.

This is like saying running fast is not important to football. It is true, but if you run really really slow like a 100y old, then you can't play football.

[dfinninger]

If you need to type that fast, get an IDE to autogenerate the boilerplate so that you can get to the more interesting bits.

I’ve worked with people who chicken peck, etc and is just not an issue. Clarity of thought is much more valuable.

[ergocoder]

It is the same with being smart but run really slow.

No amount of boilerplate can help you.

At the end of the day, you need to type fast enough above a certain threshold to be a programmer.

For example, I would say if you type <10 wpm, you cannot be a good programmer.

There is definitely a number that makes sense.

[jve]

Luckily programming is not football and you can take all your time to write the code. I'm commenting this thinking about impaired people that either type with one finger or even by other means, not touching the keyboard.

[ergocoder]

It is actually a great analogy.

If you work for yourself, feel free to take all the time you need.

The same for playing football casually.

In a work environment, you can't take all the time you need.