Typing test for programming?

2005-06-01 Thread Mark Holm
HI,
I'm applying for a position. I have to take a typing speed test.. this is the 
1st position I've ever applied for that requested this.
Is this common?
My typing speed sucks..well because I never learned to touch type..but it 
hasn't hindered my work in the past. I have never had to type somebody else 
words..so I don't see the relivance to doing programming.

Can anybody suggest a good and quick way to increase my typing speed in a few 
days?

TIA
Mark Holm

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RE: Typing test for programming?

2005-06-01 Thread Kristopher Pilles
ASDF JKL;

That's all I remember from typing 

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HI,
I'm applying for a position. I have to take a typing speed test.. this
is the 1st position I've ever applied for that requested this. Is this
common? My typing speed sucks..well because I never learned to touch
type..but it hasn't hindered my work in the past. I have never had to
type somebody else words..so I don't see the relivance to doing
programming.

Can anybody suggest a good and quick way to increase my typing speed in
a few days?

TIA
Mark Holm



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Re: Typing test for programming?

2005-06-01 Thread Ray Champagne
I don't know about where to send you to learn, but you can test yourself 
for free here:

http://www.typingcertification.com/

I did just plain awful.  23WPM and 8 errors on my first try.  Ugh.  When 
you find that software, let me know.  I obviously need it!

Ray

Mark Holm wrote:
 HI,
 I'm applying for a position. I have to take a typing speed test.. this is the 
 1st position I've ever applied for that requested this.
 Is this common?
 My typing speed sucks..well because I never learned to touch type..but it 
 hasn't hindered my work in the past. I have never had to type somebody else 
 words..so I don't see the relivance to doing programming.
 
 Can anybody suggest a good and quick way to increase my typing speed in a few 
 days?
 
 TIA
 Mark Holm
 
 

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RE: Typing test for programming?

2005-06-01 Thread Ian Skinner
There are dozens of typing games out there that would help with basic key 
speed.  The better ones will start with the home keys [asdf|jkl;] and as you 
become proficient with those, they will add progressively more keys as your 
skills improve.  I learned to type fairly well [50-60words/min] with such a 
game on my first TSR80.

I think even a few days with a couple of hours of practice would provide some 
improvement.

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-Original Message-
From: Mark Holm [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, June 01, 2005 8:13 AM
To: CF-Jobs-Talk
Subject: Typing test for programming?

HI,
I'm applying for a position. I have to take a typing speed test.. this is
the 1st position I've ever applied for that requested this.
Is this common?
My typing speed sucks..well because I never learned to touch type..but it
hasn't hindered my work in the past. I have never had to type somebody
else words..so I don't see the relivance to doing programming.

Can anybody suggest a good and quick way to increase my typing speed in a
few days?

TIA
Mark Holm



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RE: Typing test for programming?

2005-06-01 Thread Ian Skinner
http://downloads-zdnet.com.com/3120-20-0.html?qt=typingtg=dl-2001

Here is a bunch from ZDNet.


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-Original Message-
From: Mark Holm [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, June 01, 2005 8:13 AM
To: CF-Jobs-Talk
Subject: Typing test for programming?

HI,
I'm applying for a position. I have to take a typing speed test.. this is
the 1st position I've ever applied for that requested this.
Is this common?
My typing speed sucks..well because I never learned to touch type..but it
hasn't hindered my work in the past. I have never had to type somebody
else words..so I don't see the relivance to doing programming.

Can anybody suggest a good and quick way to increase my typing speed in a
few days?

TIA
Mark Holm



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Re: Typing test for programming?

2005-06-01 Thread Jeffry Houser
  I got 93 words per minute with no errors on the non-Java practice 
test.  430 characters per minute.  However, they used variation on Quick 
Brown fox jumped over the lazy dogs, which is pretty common in such tests 
(since it uses all letters of the alphabet).  In the Java applet test, I 
was @ 70+ w/ 3 errors.

  I remember using a program called Typing Tutor ( Of course, that would 
have been late 80s ).  A quick web search on typing tutor brings up 
numerous things.


At 11:16 AM 6/1/2005, you wrote:
I don't know about where to send you to learn, but you can test yourself
for free here:

http://www.typingcertification.com/

I did just plain awful.  23WPM and 8 errors on my first try.  Ugh.  When
you find that software, let me know.  I obviously need it!

Ray

Mark Holm wrote:
  HI,
  I'm applying for a position. I have to take a typing speed test.. this 
 is the 1st position I've ever applied for that requested this.
  Is this common?
  My typing speed sucks..well because I never learned to touch type..but 
 it hasn't hindered my work in the past. I have never had to type somebody 
 else words..so I don't see the relivance to doing programming.
 
  Can anybody suggest a good and quick way to increase my typing speed in 
 a few days?
 
  TIA
  Mark Holm
 
 



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Re: Typing test for programming?

2005-06-01 Thread Ray Champagne
Mavis Beacon?

Jeffry Houser wrote:
   I got 93 words per minute with no errors on the non-Java practice 
 test.  430 characters per minute.  However, they used variation on Quick 
 Brown fox jumped over the lazy dogs, which is pretty common in such tests 
 (since it uses all letters of the alphabet).  In the Java applet test, I 
 was @ 70+ w/ 3 errors.
 
   I remember using a program called Typing Tutor ( Of course, that would 
 have been late 80s ).  A quick web search on typing tutor brings up 
 numerous things.
 
 
 At 11:16 AM 6/1/2005, you wrote:
 
I don't know about where to send you to learn, but you can test yourself
for free here:

http://www.typingcertification.com/

I did just plain awful.  23WPM and 8 errors on my first try.  Ugh.  When
you find that software, let me know.  I obviously need it!

Ray

Mark Holm wrote:

HI,
I'm applying for a position. I have to take a typing speed test.. this 

is the 1st position I've ever applied for that requested this.

Is this common?
My typing speed sucks..well because I never learned to touch type..but 

it hasn't hindered my work in the past. I have never had to type somebody 
else words..so I don't see the relivance to doing programming.

Can anybody suggest a good and quick way to increase my typing speed in 

a few days?

TIA
Mark Holm




 
 

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RE: Typing test for programming?

2005-06-01 Thread Damien McKenna
 Mavis Beacon?

Mavis can be had for as little as $5 in the bargain bins in most
electronics stores.  Of course she doesn't like it when I say it like
that, she feels belittled.

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Re: Typing test for programming?

2005-06-01 Thread Jeffry Houser
  Could have been, I don't really remember.

  Standard testing was a Blue Screen with white letters.  Fairly 
nondescript by todays standards.


At 11:55 AM 6/1/2005, you wrote:
Mavis Beacon?

Jeffry Houser wrote:
I got 93 words per minute with no errors on the non-Java practice
  test.  430 characters per minute.  However, they used variation on Quick
  Brown fox jumped over the lazy dogs, which is pretty common in such tests
  (since it uses all letters of the alphabet).  In the Java applet test, I
  was @ 70+ w/ 3 errors.
 
I remember using a program called Typing Tutor ( Of course, that would
  have been late 80s ).  A quick web search on typing tutor brings up
  numerous things.
 
 
  At 11:16 AM 6/1/2005, you wrote:
 
 I don't know about where to send you to learn, but you can test yourself
 for free here:
 
 http://www.typingcertification.com/
 
 I did just plain awful.  23WPM and 8 errors on my first try.  Ugh.  When
 you find that software, let me know.  I obviously need it!
 
 Ray
 
 Mark Holm wrote:
 
 HI,
 I'm applying for a position. I have to take a typing speed test.. this
 
 is the 1st position I've ever applied for that requested this.
 
 Is this common?
 My typing speed sucks..well because I never learned to touch type..but
 
 it hasn't hindered my work in the past. I have never had to type somebody
 else words..so I don't see the relivance to doing programming.
 
 Can anybody suggest a good and quick way to increase my typing speed in
 
 a few days?
 
 TIA
 Mark Holm
 
 
 
 
 
 



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Re: Typing test for programming?

2005-06-01 Thread Jeffry Houser
  I'm reminded of the time when my Mother's company was looking for a 
person to type business card info their contact management system.  They 
decided to name the position Database Administrator and the job ad went 
out w/ that title in it.

  Of course, if that were the situation here, I assume it would have come 
up before the point where you are taking tests to prove yourself.

At 11:12 AM 6/1/2005, you wrote:
HI,
I'm applying for a position. I have to take a typing speed test.. this is 
the 1st position I've ever applied for that requested this.
Is this common?
My typing speed sucks..well because I never learned to touch type..but it 
hasn't hindered my work in the past. I have never had to type somebody 
else words..so I don't see the relivance to doing programming.

Can anybody suggest a good and quick way to increase my typing speed in a 
few days?

TIA
Mark Holm



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Re: Typing test for programming?

2005-06-01 Thread Simon Horwith
back to the original question, no this is not common for a development 
position.  To be honest, if anyone asked me to take a typing test for a 
development position, I would refuse.  Well written software cannot be 
conceived at such a speed that typing speed is an issue.  If they want a 
typist that's one thing, but the amount of time it takes (and the 
general ability to) design an app. is going to have much more impact 
than typing speed when it comes to development times.

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Jeffry Houser wrote:

  I'm reminded of the time when my Mother's company was looking for a 
person to type business card info their contact management system.  They 
decided to name the position Database Administrator and the job ad went 
out w/ that title in it.

  Of course, if that were the situation here, I assume it would have come 
up before the point where you are taking tests to prove yourself.

At 11:12 AM 6/1/2005, you wrote:
  

HI,
I'm applying for a position. I have to take a typing speed test.. this is 
the 1st position I've ever applied for that requested this.
Is this common?
My typing speed sucks..well because I never learned to touch type..but it 
hasn't hindered my work in the past. I have never had to type somebody 
else words..so I don't see the relivance to doing programming.

Can anybody suggest a good and quick way to increase my typing speed in a 
few days?

TIA
Mark Holm





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RE: Typing test for programming?

2005-06-01 Thread Dave Merrill
A bunch of people have suggested 'Typing of the Dead' as a really fun typing
game that gets your speed up. Demo version is a free download various
places.

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RE: Typing test for programming?

2005-06-01 Thread Damien McKenna
 A bunch of people have suggested 'Typing of the Dead' as a 
 really fun typing game that gets your speed up. Demo version is a
 free download various places.

FYI this is the PC game House Of The Dead 2 converted into a typing
tutor, instead of shooting zombies you pit your typing skills against
them.  Its really fun, I got it for my wife a number of years back and
she loved it :)  You should be able to find it in stores for $10 or
less.

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Project sign-off agreement

2005-06-01 Thread Mark Warrick
Hello All,
 
Does anybody have a basic project sign-off agreement that they could send me?  
I'd appreciate it!   Thanks.
 
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Re: Typing test for programming?

2005-06-01 Thread S . Isaac Dealey
81wpm on their classic test -- which is shorter and therefore a less
accurate assessment... in the neighborhood of 60 with their new Java
applet.

I don't think it's at all common as a request for a job interview... I
can see why someone would ask for it tho... While you may not be
typing other people's words, you will type your own words faster if
you know how to touch-type... Which is useful particularly for email
and documentation, but even with code, I find that a lot of my typing
is in the form of real words (albeit unusually combined/cased) rather
than a wholly unique dialect which emphasises completely different
characters (or character combinations) than are emphasized by the
qwerty keyboard. I remember a friend of mine once bragged about typing
(programming code primarily in C/C++) much faster with only 4 fingers
because the syntax was so different from english that it was actually
more efficient not to use standard touch-typing practices. I didn't
think much of it at the time. In retrospect I have to think the code
was likely god-awful looking.

 I don't know about where to send you to learn, but you can
 test yourself for free here:

 http://www.typingcertification.com/

 I did just plain awful.  23WPM and 8 errors on my first
 try.  Ugh.  When
 you find that software, let me know.  I obviously need it!

 Ray

 Mark Holm wrote:
 HI,
 I'm applying for a position. I have to take a typing
 speed test.. this is the 1st position I've ever applied
 for that requested this.
 Is this common?
 My typing speed sucks..well because I never learned to
 touch type..but it hasn't hindered my work in the past. I
 have never had to type somebody else words..so I don't
 see the relivance to doing programming.

 Can anybody suggest a good and quick way to increase my
 typing speed in a few days?

 TIA
 Mark Holm


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RE: Typing test for programming?

2005-06-01 Thread Louis Mezo
Maybe typing speed can be seen as an indicator for tech experience with
computers - well, I don't think so. After having used the same standard 101
keyboard for about the past 15 years, several months ago I got a new
electron luminescent keyboard [Zippy EL-715 (Black), check it out at
newegg.com]. Now, because of the new laptop-style keys and their layout, my
typing speed is horrible; but there's no more eye-strain, or the keyboard
slipping around on my desk. Plus, my typing speed for a standard 101
keyboard is now also slower because I'm (sort of) used to the new key
layout. You'd think for sitting at my desk all day long, I'd be a fast
typist - but, you see, I do more than type at my desk. Maybe reading
comprehension would be a more favorable test for me...

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RE: Typing test for programming?

2005-06-01 Thread Dave Merrill
 I remember a friend of mine once bragged about typing
 (programming code primarily in C/C++) much faster with only 4 fingers
 because the syntax was so different from english that it was actually
 more efficient not to use standard touch-typing practices. I didn't
 think much of it at the time. In retrospect I have to think the code
 was likely god-awful looking.

My brother's a long-time APL programmer, and he can type it scary fast. If
you've ever seen APL, you know that's quite a feat. Looks like a cross
between hieroglyphics and a core dump.

A semi-famous quote:

APL, in which you can write a program to simulate shuffling a deck of
cards and then dealing them out to several players in four characters, none
of which appear on a standard keyboard.

— David Given

Dave Merrill



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Re: Typing test for programming?

2005-06-01 Thread TinaRock
On my first try, I got 108 words per minute, no errors.

Jo-Anne Head

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writes:
I don't know about where to send you to learn, but you can test yourself 
for free here:

http://www.typingcertification.com/

I did just plain awful.  23WPM and 8 errors on my first try.  Ugh.  When 
you find that software, let me know.  I obviously need it!

Ray


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Re: Typing test for programming?

2005-06-01 Thread Fred T. Sanders
On June 1, 2005 11:16 am, Ian Skinner scribbled:
 such a game on my first TSR80.

Was that the big grey one or were you lucky enough to get a second generation 
white one?

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