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phr
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Steve Yegge says every programmer should be a fast, accurate, touch-typist:
http://steve-yegge.blogspot.com/2008/09/programmings-dirtiest-little-secret.html
I couldn't find his minimum-speed prescription, just now, but he does say 70 words a minute is easily obtainable for anyone with two hands.
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Yeah, I disagree with this post a lot. Unless you're typing out Java factories by hand with no IDE support, any speed approaching touch-typing is going to do you fine. 70 words per minute is not necessary.
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That's what you think, until you're working with someone and you watch him/her typing out Unix commands at 20 wpm, making constant mistakes.
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People who watch horror movies and then complain about being scared have themselves to blame :P
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