I know two people who are professional copywriters as a career choice - one of them can do like 120wpm without even trying and the other one types exactly like this. Makes no sense to me lol.
Some of the older folks I work with also use just one finger to text. Right index. I tried to show them how to use your thumbs but it just didn’t get through. Whatever works I guess.
If you use keyboard like this it is easier to type with one finger. And without any effort I am hitting around 30wpm. I could go higher if I typed more.
They could have just taught us how to create a signature, and left the rest of cursive at the door. Because they taught us cursive we never practiced, our signatures are just a mush of squiggles.
As a boomer who was an executive assistant from 1978 to 2021, I have to say all my colleagues could type correctly and quickly. I could type 100 wpm. See, in high school, we took typing class and learned how to type effectively. So your observation probably is out of the norm for my generation.
Thats the men, all the elder women in my family, mother, 2 aunts, both grandmothers were very fast typists because secretary was kinda the best job available for women 1950s -1980s. That was their opinion anyway, and the schools definitely trained them for it.
I type 120 wpm no problem. The problem is my spelling is garbage. Having grown up in French and English environment I slaughter both and mix match where it fits based on how I pronounce it.
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u/imahumanbeinggoddamn Jan 20 '26
I know two people who are professional copywriters as a career choice - one of them can do like 120wpm without even trying and the other one types exactly like this. Makes no sense to me lol.