In my case, I switched to Dvorak due to wrist pain, getting a split keyboard at around the same time. I had a print-out of the layout by my desk, while my boss

In my case, I switched to Dvorak due to wrist pain, getting a split keyboard at around the same time. I had a print-out of the layout by my desk, while my boss (who changed at the same time) put labels on his keyboard. I think we both still think we did it the right way. I had about a year of just using Dvorak before changing jobs, then moved to a job where I had to share testing machines and people got annoyed when I changed the keyboard layout. So I started to learn QWERTY again and fairly quickly got to the point where it was natural for me to type on a split keyboard with Dvorak and a straight one with QWERTY. I can now type on any keyboard in either layout, although if what I'm typing starts with 'ma' or 'am' then I'm liable to get confused as those are the two keys in the same place on both layouts. Since my last job change I don't use a split keyboard routinely any more. My typing did slow down at the start, and a time of purely Dvorak helped a lot with re-gaining speed. My boss also transitioning meant I didn't feel so bad about the speed loss.