Remember back in the days of MS-DOS 5 and manuals that actually contained information? Perhaps not, but I do. There used to be included full information on language layouts used across the globe and how to make your keyboard use them.
Anyway, to cut a long story short, Brazil had two keyboards and one was magnificent in its simpliciy and usability. It was a standard US keyboard but when wanted an "é" you typed "'" and "e", when you wanted an "è" you typed "`" and "e". It was beautifully simple to use until you wanted a "~" when you had to type "~" twice or a "`" when you had to type "`" twice which is hard to remember when typing at speed.
It was a good keyboard and I used it until Win95 came along and I had to use it to use Coreldraw 2. It may not be what you want because it uses the standard QWERTY keyboard.
You can always do what I did in 1979 when it happened to me. Leave the industry and take up blue collar work. I have never regretted either the work or the money but I did spit a few chips when IBM released a computer to which they didn't own the rights.
I'm not seriously suggesting that you do what I did but I did honestly do it. You don't have to take the job. You don't have to be promoted. You are part of a team so someone else will be promoted and you not depriving anyone. You are going there because you choose to. Either admit it and go, or spit the dummy (Australian for 'say no emphatically') and stay where you are.
After twentysix years in and following the industry I'd say take the new job. New fields make new horizons. Good Luck.
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Remember back in the days of MS-DOS 5 and manuals that actually contained information? Perhaps not, but I do. There used to be included full information on language layouts used across the globe and how to make your keyboard use them.
Anyway, to cut a long story short, Brazil had two keyboards and one was magnificent in its simpliciy and usability. It was a standard US keyboard but when wanted an "é" you typed "'" and "e", when you wanted an "è" you typed "`" and "e". It was beautifully simple to use until you wanted a "~" when you had to type "~" twice or a "`" when you had to type "`" twice which is hard to remember when typing at speed.
It was a good keyboard and I used it until Win95 came along and I had to use it to use Coreldraw 2. It may not be what you want because it uses the standard QWERTY keyboard.
.. or something like that. LOL
At last we Australians have a long term solution to the illegal Indonesian boatpeople!
You can always do what I did in 1979 when it happened to me. Leave the industry and take up blue collar work. I have never regretted either the work or the money but I did spit a few chips when IBM released a computer to which they didn't own the rights. I'm not seriously suggesting that you do what I did but I did honestly do it. You don't have to take the job. You don't have to be promoted. You are part of a team so someone else will be promoted and you not depriving anyone. You are going there because you choose to. Either admit it and go, or spit the dummy (Australian for 'say no emphatically') and stay where you are. After twentysix years in and following the industry I'd say take the new job. New fields make new horizons. Good Luck.