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--- Bil Gladstone <admin -at- bcnexus -dot- com> wrote:
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> I've done plenty of work very much like this on a volunteer basis for
> local non-profits through the past year, but I'm definitely not a
> "scorcher" on the keyboard. In your experience and opinion, is my paltry
> 40 wpm going to scotch my chances?
I think typing speed may be appropriate for someone whose sole job is
typing/retyping. However, I would think that 40 wpm is more than adequate for a
Technical Writer, even a junior writer. Actually, outside of the old typing pools
(do any of them still exist?) I would think that 40 wpm would be considered
excellent. I was never rated at more than 50, and that was on a closed course with
professional supervision (DO NOT TRY THIS ON YOUR OWN!).
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