Poll: How many of you hunt and peck on the keyboard
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I can type about 65 words a minute with very few mistakes. This doesn't really mean anything while coding. However, my typing speed, over time, cuts down on my actual coding time. Are there any of you coders out there that don't know how to type? I knew this awesome programmer (was my first mentor) who couldn't type to save his life but he could hunt and peck pretty damn fast. :)
-- ** You don't hire a handyman to build a house, you hire a carpenter. ** Jack of all trades and master of none.
I've been hunting for a peck for many years and finally gave up.
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I can type about 65 words a minute with very few mistakes. This doesn't really mean anything while coding. However, my typing speed, over time, cuts down on my actual coding time. Are there any of you coders out there that don't know how to type? I knew this awesome programmer (was my first mentor) who couldn't type to save his life but he could hunt and peck pretty damn fast. :)
-- ** You don't hire a handyman to build a house, you hire a carpenter. ** Jack of all trades and master of none.
i cant type worth a **** :)
Dr D Evans "The whole idea that carbon dioxide is the main cause of the recent global warming is based on a guess that was proved false by empirical evidence during the 1990s" financialpost
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i cant type worth a **** :)
Dr D Evans "The whole idea that carbon dioxide is the main cause of the recent global warming is based on a guess that was proved false by empirical evidence during the 1990s" financialpost
fat_boy wrote:
i cant type worth a ****
but can you play guitar well?
-- ** You don't hire a handyman to build a house, you hire a carpenter. ** Jack of all trades and master of none.
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I can type about 65 words a minute with very few mistakes. This doesn't really mean anything while coding. However, my typing speed, over time, cuts down on my actual coding time. Are there any of you coders out there that don't know how to type? I knew this awesome programmer (was my first mentor) who couldn't type to save his life but he could hunt and peck pretty damn fast. :)
-- ** You don't hire a handyman to build a house, you hire a carpenter. ** Jack of all trades and master of none.
Once I am used to a keyboard, I don't need to look at the keys. Getting used to the keyboard takes a while though - even a slight movement (or reduction in key travel) will cause me real pain! My major problem is that I still type faster than my fingers can move, so I transpose letters a lot: Hence why I have problems spelling the word "the". I nearly always get the 'e' key pressed too early... :sigh: I'm not looking forward to it, but I need to get a new keyboard in a couple of months as this one is getting a bit worn.
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I can type about 65 words a minute with very few mistakes. This doesn't really mean anything while coding. However, my typing speed, over time, cuts down on my actual coding time. Are there any of you coders out there that don't know how to type? I knew this awesome programmer (was my first mentor) who couldn't type to save his life but he could hunt and peck pretty damn fast. :)
-- ** You don't hire a handyman to build a house, you hire a carpenter. ** Jack of all trades and master of none.
Depends what I'm doing. I normally type properlyish; but if I only have on hand free I'll type stuff with just the other*. OTOH I'm not a particularly fast typist. I used to be 40-50WPM, but I can't write code or good documentation that fast and gradually let my typing speed fall to steady state instead of bursty. * my 2nd hand is on the mouse, get your mind out of the gutter.
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I can type about 65 words a minute with very few mistakes. This doesn't really mean anything while coding. However, my typing speed, over time, cuts down on my actual coding time. Are there any of you coders out there that don't know how to type? I knew this awesome programmer (was my first mentor) who couldn't type to save his life but he could hunt and peck pretty damn fast. :)
-- ** You don't hire a handyman to build a house, you hire a carpenter. ** Jack of all trades and master of none.
Only class in high school worth anything, Personal Typing. That was on an IBM Selectric[^], so that shows how long ago. I have seen two finger typist zip through typing a letter/report in no time. I have worked with programmers that were hunt and peck and they did okay.
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I can type about 65 words a minute with very few mistakes. This doesn't really mean anything while coding. However, my typing speed, over time, cuts down on my actual coding time. Are there any of you coders out there that don't know how to type? I knew this awesome programmer (was my first mentor) who couldn't type to save his life but he could hunt and peck pretty damn fast. :)
-- ** You don't hire a handyman to build a house, you hire a carpenter. ** Jack of all trades and master of none.
I used to enter the bootstrap codez at quite some speed for this little gem[^], using octal notation and tumble switches, not ASCII and a keyboard. :)
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fat_boy wrote:
i cant type worth a ****
but can you play guitar well?
-- ** You don't hire a handyman to build a house, you hire a carpenter. ** Jack of all trades and master of none.
I think typing and guitar are incompatible sometimes.
Dr D Evans "The whole idea that carbon dioxide is the main cause of the recent global warming is based on a guess that was proved false by empirical evidence during the 1990s" financialpost
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I can type about 65 words a minute with very few mistakes. This doesn't really mean anything while coding. However, my typing speed, over time, cuts down on my actual coding time. Are there any of you coders out there that don't know how to type? I knew this awesome programmer (was my first mentor) who couldn't type to save his life but he could hunt and peck pretty damn fast. :)
-- ** You don't hire a handyman to build a house, you hire a carpenter. ** Jack of all trades and master of none.
Definitely the biblical method for me.
Henry Minute Do not read medical books! You could die of a misprint. - Mark Twain Girl: (staring) "Why do you need an icy cucumber?" “I want to report a fraud. The government is lying to us all.” I wouldn't let CG touch my Abacus! When you're wrestling a gorilla, you don't stop when you're tired, you stop when the gorilla is.
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It depends. Letters and commonly used characters, no. Less common characters (~, !, %, ^, & among others), yes.
yep, I'm about the same, I can do most alpha characters while looking at the screen, but I still find myself looking down a the keyboard a lot. I've a laptop at home with a different keyboard than the one I work on at home, so special characters need to be hunted down. There's a guy in the office here who got a new keyboard recently to match the keyboard on his home laptop. :)
Pete
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I've been hunting for a peck for many years and finally gave up.
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Last time I measured it, I clocked in at 104wpm... But that was years ago, so I dunno if I've gotten faster or slower since then... For coding, though, I've become VERY reliant on Intellisense, so I actually code incredibly slowly if I have to do it in a normal text editor. When I code, the only complete words I type are new class names... Everything else is tab-completed.
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Last time I measured it, I clocked in at 104wpm... But that was years ago
I met people who could do numbers in the 90's but never over 100. I wonder what your error count was back then. 104 WPM with few errors is damn impressive. :)
-- ** You don't hire a handyman to build a house, you hire a carpenter. ** Jack of all trades and master of none.
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Agreed. This one[^] was one of a kind. :)
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On the number pad I can bang in pages of numbers in seconds, never look and even know when I have mis-keyed. That is called Practice.
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yep, I'm about the same, I can do most alpha characters while looking at the screen, but I still find myself looking down a the keyboard a lot. I've a laptop at home with a different keyboard than the one I work on at home, so special characters need to be hunted down. There's a guy in the office here who got a new keyboard recently to match the keyboard on his home laptop. :)
Pete
Oh, I hunt and peck big time with my laptop at home (hardly use it).
-- ** You don't hire a handyman to build a house, you hire a carpenter. ** Jack of all trades and master of none.
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Dalek Dave wrote:
never look and even know when I have mis-keyed.
Impressive.
-- ** You don't hire a handyman to build a house, you hire a carpenter. ** Jack of all trades and master of none.
Just watch any Accountant/Bookkeeper/Ledger Clerk, they can all do it, and yes, in full flow it is quite impressive. I remember when I started and watched my first boss do it, I was determined to emulate her.
------------------------------------ I will never again mention that I was the poster of the One Millionth Lounge Post, nor that it was complete drivel. Dalek Dave CCC Link[^] Trolls[^]
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Only class in high school worth anything, Personal Typing. That was on an IBM Selectric[^], so that shows how long ago. I have seen two finger typist zip through typing a letter/report in no time. I have worked with programmers that were hunt and peck and they did okay.
djj55 wrote:
That was on an IBM Selectric
Saw the pic and it brought back memories. :)
-- ** You don't hire a handyman to build a house, you hire a carpenter. ** Jack of all trades and master of none.
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I can type about 65 words a minute with very few mistakes. This doesn't really mean anything while coding. However, my typing speed, over time, cuts down on my actual coding time. Are there any of you coders out there that don't know how to type? I knew this awesome programmer (was my first mentor) who couldn't type to save his life but he could hunt and peck pretty damn fast. :)
-- ** You don't hire a handyman to build a house, you hire a carpenter. ** Jack of all trades and master of none.
I've not heard this phrase before but it made me laugh :laugh:
See if you can crack this: b749f6c269a746243debc6488046e33f
So far, no one seems to have cracked this!The unofficial awesome history of Code Project's Bob! "People demand freedom of speech to make up for the freedom of thought which they avoid."
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Definitely the biblical method for me.
Henry Minute Do not read medical books! You could die of a misprint. - Mark Twain Girl: (staring) "Why do you need an icy cucumber?" “I want to report a fraud. The government is lying to us all.” I wouldn't let CG touch my Abacus! When you're wrestling a gorilla, you don't stop when you're tired, you stop when the gorilla is.
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You might be thinking of the missionary method.
Henry Minute Do not read medical books! You could die of a misprint. - Mark Twain Girl: (staring) "Why do you need an icy cucumber?" “I want to report a fraud. The government is lying to us all.” I wouldn't let CG touch my Abacus! When you're wrestling a gorilla, you don't stop when you're tired, you stop when the gorilla is.
