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submitted 9 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago) by SorosFootSoldier@hexbear.net to c/technology@hexbear.net

According to google that's the global average and yeah that tracks. I never learned how to type "proper", I have a method where I use my thumb, pointer, and middle finger, rather than all 5 on each hand, with my pointer fingers doing most of the work.

Freeform/Hybrid: Using a mix of touch typing and visual searching. People usually develop this naturally for maximum comfort.

According to google.

I've always been jelly of people who can do perfect touch typing with all 10 fingers.

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[-] absolutetupperware@lemmy.today 7 points 9 hours ago

i'm learning touch typing at 24 and it fucking sucks dude. but i'm at a pretty consistent 53wpm w minimal errors. i'm at a wall with it though, wish i learned it years ago.

[-] Llituro@hexbear.net 4 points 8 hours ago

you'll probably work through that plateau some day. it's great to learn how to do, cool to see someone making the effort to go back and pick that up.

[-] absolutetupperware@lemmy.today 3 points 7 hours ago

well i'm working remote now, a lot of jobs want 60wpm lol. also i always knew the way i typed was really inefficient, and would result in my hands cramping after a while of doing it. my home row was WASD and my other hand would literally just float LOL

[-] Robert_Kennedy_Jr@hexbear.net 2 points 6 hours ago

Both of my hands float tbh but I've been typing on computers since I was a kid, I got an F on form and an A in everything else when I had to take typing lessons in elementary school.

[-] SorosFootSoldier@hexbear.net 2 points 9 hours ago

I'm trying to touch type this out now and it's super slow.

[-] absolutetupperware@lemmy.today 4 points 8 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago)

i'm not a great example, for whatever reason it just clicked pretty quick with me i only started learning this year

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