As a counter-anecdote: my stupid self-taught style involved my left pinky shifted left to hover&#x2F;handle the shift&#x2F;ctrl keys, and thus my right hand travelled a bit more to cover the remaining keys.<p>In graduate school I started to have increasingly frequent bouts of wrist pain and realized I needed to do something or risk major surgery. I took a weekend, relearned touch typing with the Colemak layout, and have been happy I did that ever sense.