I think you should at least give it a go.

There's a fluency effect that happens when you're able to touch type without looking, similar to when you master a language enough to speak without thinking. You become more efficient because you dissolve the barrier between your thoughts and their expression.

I know there are lots of arguments intending to counter the importance of touch-typing in programming ("most of my time is spent thinking"), but I think those miss the point. Faster typing is just as valuable whether you're programming, or writing an email, or responding to a message.

Do it. After 20 years of coding and thinking I was fast I was embarrassed into it after watching a teenager type faster than me (they had just completed a typing course). It won't speed up your programming but it will make your communication and documentation a lot smoother. It really only takes a few weeks of forcing yourself to touch type for emails etc. (Don't start with programming, it will be too frustrating).

Haha! I have 10 fingers, 5 of them almost always near my chin as part of a misoptimized supporting structure, 4 of the rest 5 usually spend most of their time holding/transporting a mug, leaving only 1 left .... the most busy and important one of course: I use it to poke the mouse/touchpad so the screen stays on.

Only during the most rare occasion, those 10 fingers will give up their self-designated posts and come to this massive array of buttons to do their exercise of pressing stuff, something like "su apt install", "dock run", "cd.." etc.

I'd say type fast != work fast, so I don't mind if someone is a slow button presser :)

The curse of having access to a computer years before your first typing class and never being able to un-learn your self-taught method. I know the pain.

I’ve met hunt-and-peckers who can rival my 90wpm touch-typing (and I use the term loosely - I use all 10 fingers and don’t need to look at the keyboard, but also don’t keep them on the home row nor do I follow any formal typing methodology) . Never underestimate the speed that a lot of practice can give.

Have you ever taken the plunge though and really tried to go through with learning touch typing? You may not find it impossible after all. Then again typing isn’t really a huge bottleneck when it comes to coding.

I use the imagery to create a visual atmosphere rather than aiming at calling out a particular demographic.

Besides, I don't blame him, he was performing the job he was paid for.

Hey, whatever works. If you do want to make the jump though, my suggestion would be to get a keyboard with no key labels (like a Das Keyboard), you'll learn touch typing pretty quick. Unless you are somehow touch typing with 2-3 fingers, which in that case hats off to you!