I agree totally. I used to be a monkey typist (maybe 3 fingers on each hands and never had to look at the keyboard) and my WPM was about 70 wpm, so I didn't really see the point of learning touch typing. However, when I tried to start using Vim, it was quasi-impossible to become productive in it with my typing style. I therefore started to learn touch typing. I was very slow in the beginning (maybe 30-40 wpm for the first few weeks) but I forced myself to touch type all the time although it was much slower. It has now been a few months and I'm almost back at 70 wpm and my accuracy is much better. Vim is also now my favorite and most productive editor. Tip: don't try to learn both touch typing and Vim at the same time. Learn touch typing first and when you're comfortable enough, learn Vim.