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Question to any touch typist who codes: how do you cope with all the special characters: (){}[];:'`!@#$% ?

Do they slow you or make you leave the home row?

You should be able to touch-type all those keys. The braces and square brackets may take some getting used. I find these characters to be the toughest: |+=

I have to really stretch my right pinky to reach those keys; slows me down and impacts my accuracy.

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