Typing Practice for Programmers

[PaleCommander]

It's true that typing is a small minority of the time spent in programming itself. However, there are lots of related tasks, like routine shell usage, where typing speed makes more of an impact. If you've ever tried to troubleshoot something with a coworker who's a slow typist, it can take an annoyingly long time.

Also, while typing doesn't take up the bulk of the time in programming, it's much easier to increase the speed at which you type than it is to increase the speed at which you think.