Hook comments on Procedural Knowledge Gaps - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Hook 10 February 2011 01:17:19AM 2 points [-]

I first learned how to touch type on Dvorak, but switched to qwerty when I went to college so I wouldn't have issues using other computers. I found that I could not maintain proficiency with both layouts. One skill just clobbered the other.

Comment author: Jonathan_Graehl 10 February 2011 06:27:24AM 1 point [-]

Maybe that's true once you try to get extremely fast with both.

Since elementary school typing class, I've been 80+ wpm qwerty.

I only learned and used dvorak up to about 50-60 wpm. Perhaps I never could have built maximum competence in both. I definitely noticed some mode-switching overhead.