A few weeks ago people were discussing here how their typing speed was making them code faster. On the other hand I haven't been limited by writing code, the linked article match my professional experience.
You have to be fluent on the keyboard, to type without thought or 'hunting and pecking' if you want your ideas to flow from brain to pc smoothly and uninterrupted.
Speed is part of fluency and almost a shortcut to explaining the goal in real terms. Nobody is hunting and pecking at 80wpm.
I think the better question is, "do I benefit from improving the speed here, for the cost it takes".
Improving typing speed from "fast" to "faster" is very difficult. I think it's worth distinguishing between "typing faster is not useful" and "it's not worth the effort to try to type much faster".
There are sometimes cases where it's worth paying a high cost even for some marginal benefit.
Xss3|8 months ago
Speed is part of fluency and almost a shortcut to explaining the goal in real terms. Nobody is hunting and pecking at 80wpm.
bluefirebrand|8 months ago
The fact is that programming is not about typing lines of code into an editor
rgoulter|8 months ago
Improving typing speed from "fast" to "faster" is very difficult. I think it's worth distinguishing between "typing faster is not useful" and "it's not worth the effort to try to type much faster".
There are sometimes cases where it's worth paying a high cost even for some marginal benefit.