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Comment author: AlexSchell 01 July 2013 11:59:41PM *  1 point [-]

This is a poll for people who have ever made an attempt at obtaining a career in programming or system administration or something like that. I'm interested in your response if you've made any attempt of this sort, whether you've succeeded, changed your mind, etc.

ETA: Oops, I forgot an "I just want to see the results" option. If you vote randomly to see them, I'd appreciate it if you do not vote anonymously, and leave a comment reply.

At what age have you learned to touch-type?

How did you come to learn to touch-type?

How did your career attempt turn out?

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Comment author: Emile 02 July 2013 09:47:36PM 3 points [-]

I answered as close as I can remember, but I think touch typing is more of something I kind of picked up as time went by, rather than something I specifically learned at one point in time. I remember pushing myself to practice touch typing at various points, but the general recollection I have is that I didn't really practice in a focused, systematic way, and yet now I can type this without needing to look at my keyboard (and in fact, when I look at my keyboard I'll be likely to make more mistakes).

So I probably picked it up in my early twenties with a lot of typing of homework and essays and posts on forums.

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