Same. Learn to type ~100 words/minute, I was surprised by how much more productive it has made me. Using a touch type trainer for a minute or two can also be a little mental break from writing software for hours.
If you don't already have one get a good ergonomic keyboard. I recently switched to an ergodox ortholinear layout and it immediately exposed my bad typing habits. The split hand layout saves my neck and shoulders and my working posture has noticeably improved. Took about a month to get back to 80 wpm and don't feel like I've plateaued yet trying to get to 125 wpm.
I had a Judo coach who used to scream "Practice doesn't make perfect. Perfect practice makes perfect." In practice sessions focus on not making any mistakes & using only the correct fingers to strike keys. It can be hard to resist the temptation to start hammering as fast as you can in practice but slowing down once in a while can greatly improve muscle memory.
I use https://www.keybr.com/ to track stats, practice limited or different key sets, it also supports non qwerty layouts for stretching your comfort zone. For touch typing practice it displays a real-time keylogger map so you can auto-correct your finger positioning without looking at the keyboard, if you've got a fancy keyboard (Shout out Arts and Crafts HN) you can hook up the firmware to do the same.
There is a difference I think between typing speed when you are transcribing vs writing your own text.
I find that I get pretty slow speeds when doing typing tests, but most of the time it's because I need to stop every word to figure out what the heck it is wanting me to type.
When typing out my own stuff, I don't have that break because I already know what I want to say.
100 wpm when no-look-pecking, 60 wpm when no-look touch typing.
Feels weird man. xD
Also, I have a friend who used to be a court typist. Does zero coding. Borders on comically-computer-illiterate. Types like 170 wpm. So jealous. Such a gift, so wasted.
