Blind Typing

[SirFrog]

While I will always support learning touch typing, since it's a skill you probably will benefit from no matter your profession, I'd be very careful with going directly to Dvorak.

The claim that Dvorak is strictly better is dubious, to say the least. Especially if you're not already proficient at typing.(source)

The common claim is that keys are put where they are so that they are slower to type, due to the arms on a mechanical typewriter. As far as I can find out, it was rather the intention that the most common letter pairs were intended to be typed in an alternating fashion, i.e. left-right-left-right side, to avoid collisions. This theory is not waterproof, though, and we can't ask the man. (source)

Almost everyone uses QWERTY. Learn to touch-type on QWERTY. If you want to try something different, or feel like your regular typing habits give you trouble, try Dvorak. Then, when you've tried both, make your selection.