What's the average minimum typing speed for a high paid secretary?

[Warik]

Curious.

I just took a typing test and scored very well. Wondering what the average minimum required typing speed for a high paid secretary would be, since these people do this stuff for a living and I think I might just naturally type way faster.

I did 103wpm with 97% accuracy relaxed without trying to go fast and 140wpm with 95% accuracy totally focused trying to make my keyboard start smoking.

See how fast you can type

 

[MattTheSkywalker]

that is very very fast

 

[WODIN]

45 WPM! LOL!!!

 

[jwill3:16]

70wpm is the average i hear.

 

[Warik]

Wow.

I thought secretaries were supposed to be the undisputed masters of the keyboard. Looks like programmers are taking the lead, unless I am some kind of exception and other programmers are slow.

Anybody know the average typing speed of a programmer? Might be hard to find since it's not really a job requirement.

 

[alien amp pharm]

Gross speed: 41 wpm
Errors: 1 words
Net speed: 40 wpm
Accuracy: 97%


I guess I'm slow, but effective.

 

[Lao Tzu]

74 WPM, 93% acc.

 

[slickdadd]

99 WPM relaxed, 93 percent accuracy. Not too bad. 140 though, damn.

 

[alien amp pharm]

I wonder what MassiveGunz's accuracy would be?

 

[Y_lifter]

my secretary gets $65k a year and she types about 3 wpm when she is totally focused with maybe 33% accuracy. She has trouble making copies, taking messages and faxing stuff as well.

She must be smokin hot like Warik's "Smith Corona"...

 

[fogg88]

82 wpm
7 errors
91% accuracy

 

[naturally anabolic]

Mavis Beacon:

108wpm 91% efficent

 

[slickdadd]

91% efficent

irony rules

 

[naturally anabolic]

 

[Fonz]

Wow.

I thought secretaries were supposed to be the undisputed masters of the keyboard. Looks like programmers are taking the lead, unless I am some kind of exception and other programmers are slow.

Anybody know the average typing speed of a programmer? Might be hard to find since it's not really a job requirement.

I'm not entirely sure, but I've heard that the presidential secretaries up in DC can type at 300 wpm.

Personally, I can only type 75 wpm.

Fonz

 

[Lao Tzu]

I'm not entirely sure, but I've heard that the presidential secretaries up in DC can type at 300 wpm.

Personally, I can only type 75 wpm.

Fonz

those might be court writers who use phonetics like May1010 became. I don't know how a person could type 300 words a minute.

Who is that in your avatar.

 

[Fonz]

those might be court writers who use phonetics like May1010 became. I don't know how a person could type 300 words a minute.

Who is that in your avatar.

The girl in my Avatar is called Sarah. She's from Cali. She just started training. Looks damn good for a newbie to fitness.

Fonz

 

[Taps]

Dude, you're not thinking about being a secretary are you?

Don't do it -- that's womens work.

 

[HumorMe]

As long as she has big tits, who gives a shit how fast she can type.

 

[FutureMon]

Wow.

I thought secretaries were supposed to be the undisputed masters of the keyboard. Looks like programmers are taking the lead, unless I am some kind of exception and other programmers are slow.

Anybody know the average typing speed of a programmer? Might be hard to find since it's not really a job requirement.

I am a software developer and I just took an online test.

I scored 84WPM with 0 errors (100% accuracy).

Had I not self-corrected my mistakes on the fly I'd probably have gotten closer to 100WPM.

Oh yeah, and I only use 3 fingers on each hand. Thumbs, Index and middle fingers. The other ones don't get used.