Everyone has a "premature optimization is the root of all evil" story and I'm no different. I learned Dvorak years ago in university and stuck with it, thinkin

Everyone has a "premature optimization is the root of all evil" story and I'm no different. I learned Dvorak years ago in university and stuck with it, thinking it would make me a better 'professional' programmer since I could type faster. Oh, how naive I was. Over a decade later, I've made the switch between dvorak and qwerty several times, and it really isn't too hard to switch, after an afternoon using a different layout I'll reach a reasonable WPM. Lately I've stuck to dvorak although I'm still reasonably fluent in Qwerty and I do occasionally go back to qwerty to ensure I'm still somewhat fluent. What really does me in when using another computer is the standard staggered keyboard layout since I've been living on an Ergodox Infinity for over a year now. Once you've grown accustomed to an columnar arranged keyboard, it's incredibly difficult to go back to a staggered layout.