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Yes, I also have the same problem but with SQL 2008  luisnike19
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Some years ago I had to write a software training system that taught people how to touch type. Yes it was necessary as the end result was not normal text but special codes made up of alpha numeric combinations; regular touch typing was just a precursor to that.
The consequence is that I know how to touch type and understand all the theory and practice and yet I never seem to have had the time to use it enough to improve my speed to an acceptable standard. I have made an effort many times but usually have to get the document done and do not have the time to mess about.
I type with about four to five fingers and am fairly fast, the downside is I have to look at the keyboard and that is something touch typing would overcome. It’s a real nuisance when you have typed a chunk of text and then find caps lock is on or some such that has screwed up the result.
Not much benefit when coding, which is how I spend most of my typing time, as typing fast achieves little but for documentation etc, etc,and we all have to do some of that, it can be a real plus.
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I make lots of typos.... I wonder how much work I'd get through if i didn't have to backspace or type things twice 
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backspace accounts for probably close to a third of my total keystrokes; I wonder the same thing. I test at about 65wpm including all the backspacing though, so with all the fast and furious key-pounding I'm able to seem a lot faster than I actually am 
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I can touch type fast, but moving from one keyboard to another, desktop to laptop, or client computer, I get Fat Finger Syndrome.
Also I think the neurons must be faster for one hand than the other causing keyslexia.
A friend of mine came from the teletype world... his hammertyping would wear out keyboards in short order.modified on Monday, March 15, 2010 10:46 PM
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See! I told you I cluod tyep reall fast! I sometimes type so fast that I spend 50% of my time on the backspace key. Now that is productivity at it's finest! I hate strange keyboards, like at a client office, where ones hands start to shake and bounce on those ultra-sensitive (aka: not beaten into submission yet) easy to press keys. Makes me smoke! Trust the force, that's my motto. If you are not using enough force to make your desk shake, then you are just babying your keyboard and it will push you around and insert errors into your code. 
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In my career i saw a lot a programmer typing at the speed of light ... and 80% of the time finger on backspace and all kinds of stupid compiling errors. Typing fast is not the only solution.. plenty of keyboard Shorcuts with Visual Studio in order to increase productivity.
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I agree with the point of using shortcuts but undoubtly having good typing skills can help you 
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| Here I thought touch-typing meant on like an on-screen display for a phone with no physical keys. Jeremy Falcon
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I thought the same thing 
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I suppose that i can now type with out hunting for the keys. As my keyboard has now
Two ‘P’ and a rapidly disappearing E and slightly sickly looking A,S,D,O
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but the main input is mouse 
i move it fast, clicking uber fast d{^__^}b - it's time to fly
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On-Screen Keyboard for the win!
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| Well maybe a little less fast since I use visual assist all the time to complete identifier names... John
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Agree... I am definately slower at touch typing since using VA for a few years. 
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After twenty-five years of it, I have become very good at typing one-handed -- I neither hunt nor peck.
Programming isn't like "normal" typing; it goes in spurts, doesn't utilize regular words and capitalization, and contains a lot more digits and special characters.
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PIEBALDconsult wrote: I have become very good at typing one-handed
What're you doing with the other hand. 
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I am not really slow but I am not fast either. I do around 30 to 40 wpm. I guess I am thinking more in line with general typing than with programming, but the only class in high school that was worth anything was personal typing (no computer classes back then).
My other problem with typing speed is my memory is bad at best. As long as I am doing code that is familiar I am okay but I tend not to remember common syntax.
djj
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I'm guessing no one really noticed. Quickly I was guessing meant 120 words per minute which was something every typist strives at doing. The average is about 60-80 words per minute. I count myself around 15-30 words per minute... but, that was about 20 years ago.
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I started with typing on a typewriter and and then moved to computer. My speed was almost doubled. If you want to improve your writing speed, I would suggest try your hands on typewriter . If you don't want to do that then install any typing tutor software, that will also help 
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I found that the typing tutor software was helpful but the game included in mine helped my speed. Note that this was 10 plus years ago so I do not know if they still include games.
djj
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I used Typing tutor 6 (almost 7-8 years ago) and the game Letter Invaders did helped me a lot in increasing my speed
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I did a proper typing course when I was a youth. I thought I wanted to be a writer...
Nowadays, I take a lot of minutes - directly into a laptop and (mostly) keeping up with the meeting discussion. I usually actually contribute to the discussions, too.
(Playing drums for decades can really help with the multi-tasking. Try doing something different with each hand and each foot while reading music, following a conductor and listening to everybody else.)Professional Geek,
Amateur Stage-Levelling Gauge
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