it took me 2 complete days to get used to a kinesis, this meant shelving my own keyboard v1 mod and not running to it when i couldn't use the kinesis properly. You know i thought programmers would like the kinesis more cuz (,[,{ are all activated by the ring finger and ),],} are all activated by the pinky finger, makes more fluidic sense imo, (but i don't program so i rarely uses bracket, squirly bracket). sounds like you're a tall guy? if the kinesis wasn't wide enough for you (or just broad shouldered).
the concave kinesis keywells really are awesome, my v2 mod only has a matrix non concave layout and i already miss the kinesis concave.