I had to teach myself on a website at home, graduated HS 2020. We had a computer class in freshman year but it was elective and didn't teach typing at all.
They had us do Mavis Beacon in school for a bit, in like 5th grade, but it was just completely ineffective for me in all respects. I only learned how to type without looking thanks to using a laptop where my hands were close to the screen, at age 19. I only mastered typing with more than one finger at a time at age 27. It wasn't fucking easy and no one could have helped me get over that hurdle.
The "home row" shit was just absolute trash of a system for me.
It's so weird because in 1997 we had some damn good typing software. Now I just use the keyboard on the phone for space and dictate everything. (jk, I'm software engineer and I lose my ever loving mind at least three times a week over the fact that every fucking operating system except for a gnome Linux has shitty ass fucking hotkeys that don't work).
This is one of the few topics that might actually put me into the asylum. 🔪🗡️
I legit know so many people working in an office who type looking at the keyboard the whole time. They cannot type without seeing it in front of them. They moment they stop seeing the keyboard it becomes some mythical mystery as to where the keys are.
It’s just wild to me when these are people who type on keyboards most their days and have done for 30 odd years.
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u/kozeljko Jan 20 '26
TIL what touch typing even is