[placebo]

While I can definitely see the ability to type faster as an advantage in some cases, I don't think I'll ever bother going through the process of learning it. From decades of software development I can type fast enough for whatever it is I need without looking at the keyboard and not once have I felt that the bottleneck of my productivity is the the speed that I type. Most of the time goes into thinking how to do it right so that it doesn't have to be done again... And with code generation becoming better all the time, I believe the abstraction layers were one will have to spend more time on will get even higher.

[chneu]

It changes how you think and put thoughts down. It's definitely a skill worth learning.

Once someone can type above ~120wpm the keyboard disappears from your brain.

[garrettgarcia]

That's a bit like saying, "I have a bicycle. I've never not been able to get where I need to go. Why would I need a car?"

[placebo]

The correct analogy to me is that being able to run fast will not help you that much in building a rocket to take you to the moon. I'm open to changing my mind though if presented with a solid counter argument.