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Looking for Recommendations on:
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I just bought a standing desk. Out of curiosity, do most of you buy arms for your monitors? Or how do you handle? I currently have my monitors on their stands then my laptop between on a stack of books. I feel like I need to clean this up. 😂

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Looking at getting a new office chair, but don’t have any retailers locally. Do I go Herman Miller Aeron or Steelcase Gesture or Steelcase Leap?

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Can anyone recommend a good office chair? I like a little bit of wood if possible, budget <1k ideally

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Anyone have a Herman Miller or similarly ungodly expensive chair for their home office? Worth it?

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(Sorry if it’s TMI). Any recommendation?

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What’s the best investment for working from home beside headphones, standing desk, monitors ?

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Considering upgrading to a standing desk and get a new chair. Any recommendations?

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Any recommendations for a good adjustable standing desk? My apartment is small so looking for something that is <40in wide

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Any recommendations for an L-Shaped adjustable standing desk?

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Hey 🐠 Thinking about getting a standing desk from either Fully or Autonomous ai. For those of you with either one of these brands or a different one altogether, why did you go that route?

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Screen sharing with an ultrawide / 4K monitor - what’s everyone’s experience like? In the past I tried to screen share with a 1440p monitor and people would complain my screen was too small so I have a secondary 1080p monitor that use exclusively for screen sharing. I’d love to move to either an ultrawide or just upgrade the 1080p monitor to a 4K one but am worried I’ll have the same issues it appearing small on the other persons end. Anyone have any suggestions?

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I'm grounded cause my husband traveled. Under a new order, returning travelers must quarantine 10 days and they should isolate from others in the household, even wear masks at home. Husband is about to return from a work trip, & he's not on board. So to stay "clean" and able to go out myself, I plan to sleep in my home office for HIS quarantine, with my air purifier on, and mask up if we are in the same room. Ridiculously inconvenient, but I do not feel it's ethical to risk infecting others.

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I’ve finally accepted I should make a decent set up for WFH and am just now upgrading my home “office” - super late I know but I hate spending money when I don’t have to and was hoping I could get along on the bare minimum. Best purchases so far have been lumbar back support cushion, desk cycle, and diffuser. Any other suggestions for things that have made your home “office” much more tolerable?

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Who’s got the most comfortable office chair for dev work? I work 12+ hours a day in a 20 year old chair. By Friday my legs and back are throbbing. Do I want a new fangled gaming chair that looks like a 2020 corvette seat, or a minimalist mesh seat design like an hm-areo, maybe something completely different?

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Can anyone help me build out a home office? Feel like we’ll be in this scenario another 3-6 months atleast and having some back and neck pains. Just moved into a larger apartment with an actual office so I’m Looking for an affordable standing desk, maybe a foot pad and a monitor. Any suggestions on the above, and or other at home office items I’m missing? Appreciate any help

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Does anyone have experience with a good design/contractor company to build a custom home office? I want to turn my office into a legit, office space seeing as I spend so much time in it. Any recs?

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