I was never trained as a touch-typist. I still have to look at the keyboard as I type, and have never become a master CLI maven.

But it hasn’t prevented me from writing thousands of pages of prose, and millions of lines of code.

I think it has probably also saved me from RSI. I have a friend that is a master engineer, that has to change their career, because their arms are all screwed up (multiple surgeries didn’t fix it).

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seabass-labrax 10 months ago | parent [-]

If one can get RSI in the wrists as a touch typist, why couldn't one get RSI in the shoulders or elbows as a 'hunt and peck' typist?

	▲	ChrisMarshallNY 10 months ago \| parent [-]
		Because we don't move in a repeatable fashion. I'm not in one position, all the time. My whole arm moves in fairly random fashion. The RSI is not because of movement, per se, it's because of repetition of the same moves (Thus, the "R" in "RSI"). Trained touch-typists keep their back straight, their arms at the same level, and basically only move their hands and wrists; always alternating between the exact same positions. I suspect that "extra-clicky" keyboards, which require a bit of force to actuate, don't help. It's highly efficient, and I have always been in awe of really good touch-typists. Most don't get RSI, and I'm not sure what the difference is, with the ones that do.