Ask HN: Is it worth learning to type properly?

I took a few typing tests and I'm right around 54 wpm. I mostly touch type but of course i occasionally lose my place on the keyboard.

As a current hobbyist programmer with aspirations to go professional in the near future, is it worth forcing myself to learn to type properly as in mavis beacon? or should i focus on practicing in general and increasing my speed with my current method?

as a side note, with big hands i've always found the proper typing method feels contortionist-ey