This is what I realized after years of
facing the computer alone. No matter what you do, whatever you plan, when you
are sitting in front of a computer, the bulk of your task is typing. It can be
boring if you think that way but if you set your mind that is it fun, then it
is fun. It is all about mentality. But most people would never think that way.
A teacher would input all students score on the spreadsheet without knowing that
she has done a typing job. A police officer would type the reports about the
crime investigation. A doctor will type the prescription for his patient before
printing it. Every student needs to type their theses or project reports. A software
programmer will type all his codes daily without knowing how my thousands of
words he has typed. A cashier on a certain department store will do her job
without realizing that most of her job is done through typing. A manager will
type the memorandum before sending to his subordinates. An email marketer will
type the benefits of a product to his email list. Every article on newspaper
will be typed on the computer first before it is printed on magazine. Every
book and all the stories in it are typed on the computer first by its author.
The script on movies and television series is typed on computer before it is
distributed to all actors and actress. Advertisements are being drafted first
on a computer. Navigation and flight schedules are typed first on the computer
before being displayed on the public. Even wanted criminals, their names are
typed first on the computer before being posted on the bulletin board.
Everything we do is typing without realizing it. This is why typing has been a
very important complementary skill that we should learn.
I said it is complementary skill that we
should have because if your typing speed is very fast but you don’t know what
to type, it’s then useless. For computer encoder job, typing is the most
important skill to master but for other professions, typing skill would help a
lot. Imagine how many prospects an email marketer could make if he type very
fast? How short the time would it take for the patient to wait on the doctor’s
prescription? Imagine how many topics would be tackled during chatting when
both people type very fast?
Typing is all we do as long as there is computer
and even if somehow it is replaced by a tablet or whatever device on the
future, I think as long as there is a key to press, we still doing typing.
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