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I have to disagree with the fast typist - depending on your definition of fast. Without any formal training, I touch type with one hand (not by choice) and I am decently fast and accurate. But I spend much more time thinking than I do typing.

But on the other hand, I can’t imagine having two good hands, be a professiomal software developer and not learning how to touch type. It just would seem to be a level of laziness.

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I thought I explained it in the original comment... I have no issue with the speed of someone's typing. But constant checking of the key positions on the keyboard just affects your focus on the problem you're working on. And it's really fairly easy to learn to type without looking, to type without having to think about it.

“Touch typing” just kind of happened organically with me. I’ve been programming since the mid 80s in middle school. After awhile, your fingers just kind of know what to do.

I wrote the wrong phrase in my original comment. I was thinking of "touch typing", not "fast typing". Thanks for helping me clarify that - not a native English speaker here.

Btw, I've learned it almost the same way, but while playing the typing games with my kids later in life, I've upgraded the skill a bit.

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