Yes, but one of many.
> If you can't type, you're going to waste a lot of people's time and they may be too polite to say anything, but it's frustrating for everyone around you.
I don't think in my career I have ever been alerted to anyone's typing speed being slow.
Yes, I've heard endless noise about "the perfect keyboard" and the ins and outs of spring types and junk. But I've never noticed the output of someone because they type slowly.
And to be honest, I really couldn't care. Can they code? can they keep to a deadline? are they nice to work with?
if the answer to all three is yes, then I couldn't give a shit about how they type.
> but can't work a hammer efficiently would be ridiculed on a job site.
Only if they need to use a hammer effectively though. If they are laying veneer, carving, using a screwdriver like a sensible person, then a hammer is only rarely needed.
This all smacks of gatekeeping to me.