On Thu, 2007-10-18 at 17:12 -0700, Tracy R Reed wrote: > I recently experienced a senior level IT guy who was a hunt and pecker. > This made me think: Perhaps we should administer a typing test? Would > that be offensive? Can you really be an experienced > coder/sysadmin/whatever and not know how to type without looking at the > keyboard? People who don't know how to type are the ones who never like > to communicate via email or IM but instead always want to call you or > stop by or whatever. They also can't work from home as virtual employees > or effectively utilize a wiki to document their work etc. >
I never learned to type properly. I type with two fingers on each hand and have to look at the keyboard. People tell me I type fairly fast and I do OK when coding. I'd like to be able to type faster, but I'm not exactly slow. I also prefer IM or e-mail over a phone call partly because I can solidify my thoughts when I'm typing, and partly because there is a written record of the conversation. I guess the bottom line is that as long as the person can get the job done fast enough, what's the difference how it's accomplished? PGA -- Paul G. Allen BSIT/SE Owner/Sr. Engineer Random Logic Consulting www.randomlogic.com -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
