My handwriting's also lousy
But I'm a scientist. My father's handwriting is even worse, and he's a (far better) scientist.

There is a theory that scientists have messy handwriting as they're struggling to write down the ideas as they come. I suspect the same could apply to computer programmers - and I presume you must be able to type fairly legibly?
(LongJohnBaldry, Wed 4 Feb 2009, 9:56, 2 replies)

Ummm
I'm a humanities ponce, and I, too, have awful handwriting.

My suspicion is that it's to do with the preponderance of keyboards for serious writing - and the unfashionability of proper pens. And proper education.
( Enzyme is powered by sunlight, Wed 4 Feb 2009, 9:58, closed)

^^^I agree with this...^^^

In my experience, shoddy handwriting is the hallmark of a keen mind.

\has handwriting like a spider on LSD that has been dipped in ink and let loose on the page
( Pooflake braces for an onslaught..., Wed 4 Feb 2009, 10:02, closed)

A perfect example
The puns and painfully bad jokes are racing through your mind so fast that your pen can't keep up with them.
(LongJohnBaldry, Wed 4 Feb 2009, 10:04, closed)

Ooh, actually...

Ever seen that episode of 'The Simpsons' where Homer says: "I'm going to use all the power of my brain", and the camera zooms inside his head...where there is a donkey leaning against a tree wearing a straw hat with flies buzzing round it?

My mind is very much like that...only the donkey is dead.
( Pooflake braces for an onslaught..., Wed 4 Feb 2009, 10:11, closed)