[asimpletune]

Same. Coding by hand was really, really hard at first, I remember. Then one day it just clicked and it was like I could think so clearly in my head, without making mistakes, and write code that would have compiled by hand during an exam. We would just practice and work for it.

I don't want to be polemic, but I really miss those days.

[burnto]

Yeah writing out code by hand made me slow down and think more.

One thing I recall is that the grading policy made it very clear that minor syntax issues were inconsequential in handwritten answers. And more advanced classes only wanted pseudocode. Which are exactly the right priorities.