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
(I never got on with "proper" typing either, and eventually switched to using the Dvorak layout - I find it much easier to stay mostly on the home row now. Changing keyboard is a bit extreme, and people often scoff, but it worked for me.)