Despite tech-savvy reputation, Gen Z falls behind in keyboard typing skills
Despite tech-savvy reputation, Gen Z falls behind in keyboard typing skills
A recent Wall Street Journal report delves into Gen Z's surprising lack of keyboard typing skills, featuring interviews with several individuals and revealing some startling statistics.
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I'm a programmer. I write hundreds of lines of code a day (of varying levels of quality ofc). I also fix technology (phones, laptops, desktops. tablets, etc). I'm probably one of the most "tech-savvy" people I know. I very rarely type faster than 70 wpm. it's just not necessary for what most of us are doing.
But think about arguing online! It's apparently a hobby and to be competitive, you need to be able to spew bullshit at amazing rates. Personally I've maxed out at 140 wpm, but usually stay in the 100 wpm range.
Programming? Idk, I spend more time thinking than typing personally. Good code requires you to consider all the corner cases and such.
I prefer to argue on the internet via my phone, which I can type pretty fast on thanks to the swipe to type.
and yeah programming simply doesn't require fast typing, I tend to diagram everything out on my whiteboard before even opening my ide. I just have to write tons and tons of code since I'm in a few low level programming classes
I prefer to argue on the internet via my phone, which I can type pretty fast on thanks to the swipe to type
I'm the opposite... I rarely reply when I'm on my phone because swiping and tapping away at the touchscreen keyboard is so slow and inaccurate. I spend more time correcting swypos than I do writing I think.
Meanwhile on the desktop I can punch out a shining example of wit (or at least a spoonerism of that) at 100+ wpm at 100% accuracy.
Sent from my phone, slowly.
I diagram everything out in my brain and it evolves continuously while I'm writing code
Sometimes I feel it's a miracle I get anything done at all but then usually the end result is better than what I'd originally envisioned so it kinda balances out.
I used to do that but the more I get into os programming the more I've found myself scrapping entire 1000+ line files and rewriting the entire thing 🙃
and I think "it's a miracle I get anything done" is a very common thought in most programmers heads lol
and yeah programming simply doesn't require fast typing
Funny enough making MC plugins and mods while moderating my own server was what got me to over 100 WPM
Because without meds my brain fires so fast that if I DIDNT type at 115 I'd have forgotten where my for loop was going before ive even finished the conditions it triggers under
My code is slooooooopppyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy thanks to that, but it's also not for anyone else's eyes ever so im good
The someone else's eyes are your eyes a few months down the line when you have to fix something
Bold of you to assume I don't just let those errors in the log pile up
If I don't look at the log then they don't exist!
It’s apparently a hobby and to be competitive, you need to be able to spew bullshit at amazing rates. Personally I’ve maxed out at 140 wpm
I'm limited by the rate at which I can think of bullshit.
Well there's your problem. Don't think. Just bullshit.
Agreed. I write slow and incomprehensible. I read slow with shit comprehension. Passed engineering school with very high GPA and am successful in my engineering career. These metrics are bullshit boomer click bait.
Almost as bad as "Gen z/a can't read analog clocks!"
I think the panic around analog clocks comes from the scenario where you have to explain what clockwise and counterclockwise is. I have personally seen someone eventually removed from a workgroup because they couldn't understand it.
Not that analog clocks matter, but that was an easy way to teach direction in cylindrical coordinates. What can we use now for that?
I hope someone said "watch your 6" and they slammed the door on their ass.
i could type insanely fast when i was younger
developed RSI at work
not worth it
80wpm is pretty common for a typical average typing speed for anybody who can touch type, 100wpm is more common among programmers, and people who do a lot of typing. Anything faster than that and you have had hand injuries and use a fancy keyboard now, or you will soon have hand injuries.
typing speed is rather funny.
I type 120. How fucked am I, doctor?
if you do it for sustained periods for long periods of time, you should probably think about investing in one of those fancy ortholinear keyboards, or whatever works best for you. Maybe switch to dvorak or azerty for funsies or something.
if you don't type very regularly, it's probably not as big of a deal.
It is so much better I switched to a 36 key split ortho keyboard(draculad) with colemak and layers to reach keys farther then 1 key away normally it feels amazing
yeah, once you're using a keyboard designed for actual hand positioning, it's much more manageable and generally, a lot less taxing on the individual.
Copy and paste is the fastest type
I just lean on tab and let copilot fill the screen with garbage
Honestly, and the occasional shrine and came back from my house Day and was curious about the Shinto and I think I see it's a rainy weekend but it is particularly religious and I don't struggle to find it's a rainy thing but it is a heaven to see you and you wouldn't have been fun with you in line.
I mean, yeah same.