I would have described myself the same way until a few years ago.
My typing speed was about 50wpm, and had probably been at this level for ~20 years.
I spent about 50 hours learning the proper method on keybr.com, spread over several months.
That was enough for me to exceed 50wpm, which meant there was no longer any need to use my old method.
After that, my speed naturally increased to around 65wpm.
A mechanical keyboard added another 5wpm. Some practice on Monkeytype added another 5wpm.
Typing wasn't a barrier before, but I feel more comfortable now that I use the recommended fingering (except for the z key). And I'm sure the 50% increase in speed helps when I'm doing solo brainstorming in a text file.
My typing speed was about 50wpm, and had probably been at this level for ~20 years.
I spent about 50 hours learning the proper method on keybr.com, spread over several months.
That was enough for me to exceed 50wpm, which meant there was no longer any need to use my old method.
After that, my speed naturally increased to around 65wpm.
A mechanical keyboard added another 5wpm. Some practice on Monkeytype added another 5wpm.
Typing wasn't a barrier before, but I feel more comfortable now that I use the recommended fingering (except for the z key). And I'm sure the 50% increase in speed helps when I'm doing solo brainstorming in a text file.