How do you type != when touch typing?

Somehow I can't figure out a efficient way to type != (on a US keyboard).

• right pinky on shift + left pinky on !, then right pinky on =: long way for right pinky
• left pinky on shift, left ring finger on !, then right pinky on =: strange finger situation in left hand
• right pinky on shift + left pinky on !, then right middle (or ring) finger on =: right hand has to move right/left a long way

All of this feels unnatural. How do you do it?

I like left pinky on shift + left middle finger on !, then right pinky on =.

!=!=!=!=!=!=!=!=!=!=

There, I just did it ten times and I'm not even slightly tired!