Ergonomics

I've been a software engineer for about 25 years now.

I started getting near sighted about 10 years ago, but I'm too vain to get glasses, so I keep getting bigger and bigger monitors. I'm up to six 55" monitors(I'm compensating...)

I use a Bat Infogrip Keyboard and a trackball. Back 30 years ago I in another life I starting to get carpal tunnel from typing reports on a tiny keyboard in my van. I went to an ergonomic computer store and asked the guy for a Dvorak keyboard with a split layout. He says, "Well, I can order you one, but if you're willing to learn how to type all over again, take a look at this thing". How can you go wrong with a Batman keyboard?, so I bought it. I spent about a month doing the tutorial an hour a day, then just unplugged my regular keyboard and put it in the attic to force myself to learn it. I have about 8 of the old ones in storage so I can cannibalize them for parts in case they ever stop making them.

I've been wearing Gunnar glasses for years now. So long I don't really remember when I started. I'm on my second pair. They definitely seem to help my eyes. I just have a bad habit of forgetting to put them on. I use a standing desk with a bar stool height saddle chair. It seems to help by forcing me to maintain my posture with my core muscles. I do rows and shoulder shrugs, and focus on keeping my shoulders back while I'm working. If i don't, I notice that my shoulders start wrapping around my head like a taco after a few weeks, list most of us software engineers.