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Living large, living fancy 😄 Finally, after sitting in several boxes in the foyer since last October, I spent the Fourth assembling this motorized standing desk by Uplink. The Steelcase office chair is still in the box (I'll probably get to that this weekend).
The equipment was provided gratis by HBO Benefits since my chiropractor wrote a note explaining my back condition. HR lady gave me carte blanche and told me to order whatever I wanted and insisted that I order a nice standing pad as well. I see it as my "parting gift" from the company.
After getting the pink slip last November though, I had lost all interest in assembling it, but now that I have a new job, I had a reason to get it up and working pronto 😄 It's very nice. I can now open the Super Mario Bros. Game & Watch that I got to use as my desk clock.
Life is slowly but surely returning to a sense of normalcy.
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Multiple monitors 👍 I'll see how working with just the laptop display works out. I might get a monitor later.
Hybrid model sounds like a good compromise. Before the pandemic, I was probably working from home one day a week consistently since all my guys were in NYC. My current gig is permanent remote.
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I went through a lot of iterations to get here. When the pandemic first started and I didn't know how long it would be, I was just using the laptop screen. Once I knew it wasn't going to be over quick, I went to one monitor, and I was upstairs on a big desk the kids used to use for homework. Then when the kids came back home, I had to squeeze onto the desk you see above. My job involves reviewing a lot of data, so I quickly moved to two monitors. The laptop is hidden on the right/rear corner of the desk. Those two screens are probably too small, but they fit on the desk and were very inexpensive. If I decide to work from home full time, I'll probably get one very large monitor and move back upstairs.
That big printer has been a godsend. Mostly for my wife, she uses it for work a lot. Upgrading that printer was a smart move. And the router as well. We were having a lot of trouble with 4 people working from home until I upgraded that too. A bluetooth headset is another "must-have".
When you stop and think....boy we sure went through a LOT over the last 18 months. From health, to stress, to things like this -- adjusting to working from home. But we survived. That's what's important. -
Yes, we sure have gone through a lot over the past 18 months. Including all the weird weather we've been seeing, there has been a lot of firsts and new things to go along with pandemic living.
New router and printer sound good. I switched router a couple of years ago when one of my kids complained about lag during his online gaming sessions. A while back, I also got a Brothers laser printer that supports wireless printing. It worked well for a while, but now the wireless printing doesn't work, so we bring the laptop to it and use USB connection.
Personally, I'm glad to see that remote working seems to be here to stay. On a personal level, it means I don't have to get a car when son number 2 starts college next year.
