A few weeks to reach a solid level, most likely, provided you actually practice. If you type a lot of boilerplate code (which really is the only area where typ

A few weeks to reach a solid level, most likely, provided you actually practice. If you type a lot of boilerplate code (which really is the only area where typing speed will hurt you) you'll notice a difference, but I'd argue that fact in itself is something you ought to fix. I taught myself workable svorak (A5) in a weekend on IRC, then polished it over a shorter period after to feel comfortable. The good thing about SvorakA5[0] is that it uses AltGr + regular keys for special characters, which is really nice. I don't recommend learning dvorak or any variant of it for the typing speed unless you do dictation or whatever, because you're not getting that much from it in any profession that requires you to think anyway. Personally, I just feel like I'm destroying my hands less when typing, which is a good enough reason. They're already some level of broken from having played strategy games too much, so I feel like I should take care of them more. (Obviously Svorak is the Swedish version of Dvorak, so for other languages you'd have to find something like A5) Edit: I recommend playing "Typing of the Dead"[1] if you can find a way to do so. Great way for polishing your use of a layout. 0 - http://aoeu.info/s/dvorak/images/svorak-A5.png http://aoeu.info/s/dvorak/images/svorak-A5.png 1 - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Typing_of_the_Dead https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Typing_of_the_Dead