 I certainly do!!! Save your money!
You do not need to use the number pad for your coding class! Did they tell you that you did? I can't imagine that they would. If they did, I'd have to say it's misguided advice. Maybe worse.
First of all, coding is not accounting. It is not rapid-fire entry of numbers via a keypad. Coding classes do not sit around practicing keying in numbers.
The skill you learn in coding class, and which you use on the job, is the ability to read medical documentation and to use intelligent decision-making skills in finding and selecting the correct code. Compared to that, keying in numbers is only a minor activity. Very minor.
I have never used the keypad for coding, although I use it for other things. Whether by hand or by encoder, I just use the number row at the top of the keyboard. I should point out that when you use an encoder, which you will, you'll need to be typing letters, pressing the space bar and return key, etc. If you plan on using the keypad, you'll have to stop, pick up a hand, reaaaach over to the keypad, enter the numbers, etc. It's a lot easier to just use th etop row.
Do I know coders who use the keypad? Yes. Do they NEED to? No, and neither do you. As I said above, save your money.
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Redpen
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