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by logicziller 590 days ago
I've been writing code for almost 30 years. I don't touch-type and don't use all fingers, but still manage 125wpm and can type without looking at the keyboard. I've not put any additional time just to learn to type, it just happens over the years.

I find it very useful that I can quickly have my ideas flow from my mind into the screen.

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If you type without looking, you're touch typing. Maybe you're not a strict home row user, but that has little to do with touch typing outside of formal learning. It took typing on a split ergo keyboard for me to figure out I was using "weird" fingers to press certain keys. I don't use the home row either. My resting position is Shift-A-(W/S)-D for my left hand (muscle memory from FPS games I'm sure) and M-K-L-/ for my right hand. I tend to only use my pinkies for modifier keys and my index fingers work overtime stretching to cover the middle of the keyboard. I still manage to type ~100wpm without trying too hard.