Submission + - Ask Slashdot: Touch typing. How important is it? 2
tgibson writes: As a grognard who learned how to type in an 8th grade classroom on a manual typewriter, my bias is to nod approvingly at touch typists and roll my eyes at those who need to stare at the keyboard while typing.
After 15 years I left industry and became a post-secondary computer science educator. Occasionally I rant to my students about the importance of touch-typing as a skill to have as a software engineer.
But I've been out of the game for some time now. Those of you hiring or working with freshly-minted software engineers, what's your take?
After 15 years I left industry and became a post-secondary computer science educator. Occasionally I rant to my students about the importance of touch-typing as a skill to have as a software engineer.
But I've been out of the game for some time now. Those of you hiring or working with freshly-minted software engineers, what's your take?
