I wonder If there would be another keyboard layout specially made for programmers. If you look at it you'll see that most of it has a similar pattern.
In the end I settled on the programmer dvorak layout. It is basically a standard dvorak keyboard but with the special keys you need to program moved to easier locations (and the dvorak keyboard itself uses the homerow much more efficiently, so there is much less strain on your fingers and your wrists).
Print a paper copy of the key layout to pin next to your monitor when starting out and use a typing tutor like gtypist to train yourself instead.
So I'm looking for a layout which makes my other fingers work more.
You can print the layout out on a piece of paper until you have learned them but if you plan on looking at the keyboard when you type you are not going to benefit from a dvorak keyboard.
If you do deciede to learn it, just know that it is totally worth it - your hands will thank you.
Same thing happens with the saxophone keywork. It seems that pinkies get to handle all the stuff that was not included in the original spec.
Oh, you want to add a shift key? Let the pinky handle it. A C# key? No problem, we can fit it in the pinky cluster.