After finishing high school I had to make a choice, continue my studies in economics (which I was quite good at), or follow my natural strength with languages. After some sleepless nights I choose to go to Secretarial College, as I did not really fancy a job as translator or interpreter.
This turned out to be a pretty good choice, because I immediately found a job after 3 years of having 6 hours of French, English and German a week. Another benefit is that this gives you a pretty good general education.
And here the topic of this blog post. In the first year of secretarial college I learned to type blind. And even though I cursed every minute of it whilst following the course, I am now extremely happy to have learned to type blind. If I sometimes see some colleagues struggling to type with 2 fingers, or having to watch the keyboard all the time, I realise what a productivity gain this has become.
Here is the result of the online speed typing test I just did:
I am surprised, I did not type this fast in secretarial college. I guess you do learn by doing.
Want to test your speed typing skills, here is the link to the online test.
So, how much more productive could you become? Let me know in the comments how you did on the test.
