Just switched to Maya myself after years of using 3ds Max. It was really quite a painless process for me. Just read Maya's documentation and try to do what you're used to doing in Max. Check out highend3d and gumroad for awesome free and paid scripts/plugins too.
1) Use the marking menus ctrl+right click and shift+right click 2) Use the hotbox ( quick menu ) by holding down spacebar, you'll have all the top menus directly in the viewport 3) Use context menu for every tool to quickly change settings ex. press d key+right mouse button and move the mouse down = reset pivot another…