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For standing desk owners, how do you manage your sit/stand schedule?

Do you switch between the two often? Spend half the day standing/half the day sitting? Only stand during calls? I want to know!!

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Igor Irianto

I spend 80% of my time standing. At first it was not easy, but my pairing partner used to stand virtually 95% of the time so I had to keep up with him. Now it has become a habit and standing is my default coding stance.

For every 50 minutes standing up, I spend 5-10 minutes sitting/walking/stretching/light-workout.

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Dana Ottaviani

It depends on my mood and what I'm working on. If I'm having a lot of technical problems, I tend to sit more because my legs tend to get more tired than if I know what I'm doing. I think it's more of a "mind over matter" thing. 🤷

I do try to stand in the morning which is about 4 hours.

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Tony Hammack

Any suggestions on good standing desks?

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Jess Lee

I bought mine on craigslist so I don't know what brand it is, but a friend of mine has an autonomous desk and they're happy with it: autonomous.ai/.

I personally think that unless you have shoulder/back issues, no one really needs an automatic one. Cranking the desk up is kind of fun too 😃

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Jayme Edwards 🍃💻 • Edited

I built two of these diy models I’ve used for at least 5 years.

stuffandymakes.com/blog/2013/04/09...

I use one at home and take the other to clients when I’m onsite (I do consulting in the morning).

The conversations in the elevator when I bring it in are always a fun ice breaker 😉

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Jesse M. Holmes

I bought this beast, and I am so happy with my decision.

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Alvaro Montoro • Edited

It depends on the day and the mood. I try to be 50/50, but it normally ends up being more like 60% sitting and 40% standing.

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Nick Taylor

My Apple Watch tells me when to stand. All hail the robots!

Terminator robots

Having said that, if I’m in a groove, I tend to sit down for longer periods of time and I ignore the robots.

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Hozefa

For me it depends on the task that I am doing. Lot of day gets spent in responding to emails and documenting. For these tasks I usually stand.

For meetings(video calls) I usually sit down. Its not set in stone, but this way I alternate between sitting and standing.

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Jayme Edwards 🍃💻

I stand 100% of the time I’m coding or in meetings. I make sure to take regular breaks though to hang out with my wife and kids. I also had to do yoga and mobility work (foam rollers and lacrosse balls etc.) to undo 13 years of desk work when I first switched. Never going back!

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Joe Zack

I've been slacking lately, but I liked standing during all meetings.

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zakwillis

Normally, if I am coding something complicated I sit. Otherwise I stand.

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Drew Town

I would stand until I either had a meeting or when someone came to me for a 1-to-1 discussion when I had a standing desk.

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Yechiel Kalmenson

I basically stand most of the time unless my feel get tired so I sit down for a bit until I get restless lol.

But standing is my default.

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Chad Smith • Edited

I just ordered a sit-stand desk. I plan to be about 50-50 with it. Last time I had one i would usually stand first half of day, and sit the second half.

Though I almost always stand during calls. I don't know why I do, but 5 minutes into a call I go straight to standing.

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Avalander

I switch whenever I get tired of my current position, which is usually every 30-60 minutes. Except when I hurt my knee (happened twice in the past 12 months -.-u), then I spend most of the time sitting.

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Dor Shinar

I have around 7 reminders in my calendar every day at the last 10 minutes every hour 😂
Otherwise I'd probably never remember to stand up.

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Stephanie Handsteiner

For some reason I'm able to concentrate more when I'm standing, so I only sit down for calls, for the easiest tasks at hand, or when I'm doing code reviews/remote pair programming...