Typing Day 2020

Today we recognize my only skill. Typing. Learning to type from Mrs Marie Jordan at Wagener-Salley High School in 1971 was about the best investment in my future I ever made. It has afforded me the basis for my 'plan b' career (computers, and in particular coding) and has given me the appearance of being much more skilled than I really am.

Were it not for typing I could never had sat at that first dumb terminal and wowed the masses present with my accumen. Proclaimed 'a natural' from the start nobody cared if I didn't attend college because all of the college graduates were unable to write the code, install and troubleshoot systems, repair hardware or any of the other myriad duties I undertook early on with my strong electronics background ... and typing.

Typing Day originates in Malaysia and is an offshoot of a speed typing contest held there. Indeed I once pulled in a strong 120 words a minute on a 'bad day'. Nowadays I settle for whatever speed I attain.

Rest assured though, typing is the main facility which has caused me to endure what is a cutthroat field these days.

So on this 8th of January 2020 I wish you a happy typing day and aren't you glad Mr Hunt and Mr Peck aren't relevant to your keyboarding skills.