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How I went from 11wpm to 109wpm in 15 hours

Habeeb on January 18, 2022

Long story short, I spent around 15 hours in practicing touch typing and was able to achieve 109wpm (measured for 15secs). So a bit of context her...
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Gergely Gombos • Edited

Touch typing was one of the most useful skills I learned as a developer. Not only because of wpm - even during coding, most of the time is not spent typing, though it's useful when writing longer messages on Slack - but because of ergonomics.

If you use 2-4 fingers to type all day, they are going to be sore by the end of the day. Also, touch typing is much better for your wrist and helps prevent RSI, because your wrists can be in a much better position and also enables using more ergonomic split keyboards if needed.

All in all, it's a great lifetime investment enabled by just a few hours of practice.

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Habeeb

Completely agree, typing fast is a superpower😎

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Jelle Smeets

Nice to take us along in your journey, and awesome you learned a new skill! Keep up the good work :)

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Habeeb

Thanks bud. 😊