How do people type so fast?

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There's a reason why "everybody" types with two hands & does it a certain specific way -- it works. QWERTY has been around for more than 100 years, and nobody has yet found a method that's faster for typing on it. For me, the keyboard is just an extension of my mind. I type up to ~130wpm (conversationally; more like 80-100wpm for things like Java), and can honestly say that I give it no conscious thought. I start typing my thoughts, and it "just works".

A good keyboard makes a huge difference. I won't (voluntarily) use anything besides a buckling-spring IBM "model M", and can *barely* tolerate a Thinkpad keyboard on my laptop. I've owned exactly one non-Thinkpad laptop, and I was *miserable* with it. On a typical mushy laptop/netbook keyboard, I'm lucky to break 50-60wpm.

So many people tried to get me to type faster but i mostly type differently than everyone else does, specifically with just my left hand. I can type at about an average speed, but not nearly the crazy fast speed some people can do.