On: The Price of (Dev) Happiness: Part One

[gte910h]

Sitting for a very long time is bad for you. It causes increased chance of death, causes your back to hurt, makes you fatter, and lets your energy level go down after hours of doing it.

It's not so much the "coding" part as the "sitting at a desk for 10+ hours a day" part that makes standing desks so attractive to programmers.

http://pressroom.cancer.org/index.php?s=43&item=257

http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/175656.php

[Jem → gte910h]

I know that sitting is bad for you, I just couldn't imagine people standing all day instead. TBH after running around at home after my toddler I enjoy going to work to sit on my butt, heh :)

[jseliger → Jem]

I suspect most standers 1) ease into it and 2) get adjustable desks precisely to avoid standing literally all day.

[priv_acy → gte910h]

Do people really sit for 10 hours? I can't stop myself from getting up to walk around every half hour or so.

[gte910h → priv_acy]

You can sit for 10+ hours and still walk around a bit. It's a longer day, mind you, but it works. I'm constantly pacing on the phone for instance.