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Programmer Good Chair, Priceless

I recently found this post by by Jeff Atwood’s Coding Horror about his decision to buy a good chair for his daily programming activities, Investing in a Quality Programming Chair.

Chairs are a primary part of the programming experience. Eight hours a day, every day, for the rest of your working life — you’re sitting in one. Like it or not, whatever you’re sitting in has a measurable impact on your work experience.

Cheap chairs suck. Maybe I’ve become spoiled, but I have yet to sit in a single good, cheap chair. In my experience, the difference between the really great chairs and the cheap stuff is enormous. A quality chair is so comfortable and accommodating it effortlessly melts into the background, so you can focus on your work. A cheesy, cheap chair constantly reminds you how many hours of work you have left.

Chairs last. As I write this, I’m still sitting my original Aeron chair, which I purchased in 1998. I can’t think of any other piece of equipment I use in my job that has lasted me ten full years and beyond. While the initial sticker shock of a quality chair may turn you off, try to mentally amortize that cost across the next ten years or more.

Aeron Chair for me? I really wants one. But since I didn’t found a way to buy it and deliver it to Jakarta, and it’s pricey, may be next or so years to come :) Then, I would prented my $95 chair is fun and fearless.

Read original post at http://arifwidi.com/2008/11/25/programmer-good-chair-priceless

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