I've switched from qwerty to programmer dvorak 11-12 years ago. It took me 2 weeks of practicing to get comfortable with it. I constantly switch between dvorak

I've switched from qwerty to programmer dvorak 11-12 years ago. It took me 2 weeks of practicing to get comfortable with it. I constantly switch between dvorak and qwerty (as much as 4-5 times in a minute), and it takes no effort, I'm more or less equally comfortable with both of them. I'm also a designer, and I didn't bother relearning the shortcuts on design programs on dvorak, so I switch back to qwerty with a shortcut when I use them, than switch back to dvorak for typing. If you switch to dvorak, I also suggest giving up using arrow keys and using emacs/vi keymaps for moving the cursor around, it will be much more efficient. I really suggest taking a look at programmer dvorak[0] if most of the typing you do is writing code. It's more efficient and relaxed to use commonly typed characters ( &[{}(=*)+]!;,.:<> ), at the expense of having to use shift for numbers. [0]: https://www.kaufmann.no/roland/dvorak/ https://www.kaufmann.no/roland/dvorak/