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I think I'm in the minority, but I prefer to sit in a plain wooden chair, of the standard-issue kitchen table variety. It's essentially a hard wood platform, s

I think I'm in the minority, but I prefer to sit in a plain wooden chair, of the standard-issue kitchen table variety. It's essentially a hard wood platform, so I sit upright while typing and seldom find myself slouching backward. That seems to do nice things for my posture. Nothing ever gets tired/strained/injured, even though I've been working this way for several years (and I'm 42, so if health problems were to be had, I'd have them). Back in my cubicle days, I'd spend my time slouched back in the Aeron, with terrible posture all day. My butt would get sore because it was being used as a scootch-guard to keep me from sliding onto the floor. That doesn't happen anymore. Around the same time, I started making a point of never reclining my seat on airplanes. Long flights used to be a giant butt-ache from the 2hr mark onward. Now, sitting upright like a human being, I'm good to go for 14hrs and beyond. Even sleeping comfortably with everything balanced on top of my spine. Sitting up straight. It's the way forward.

Killah911 13y ago
That's really interesting... Especially in light of the article on HN which pointed to sitting slouching back as being the "best" posture to be in (which is my preferred posture when coding), and having a good chair where the back tilts might actually help. I do agree with you about the plane thing. When I'm flying redeye from SF to FL, I try to either find an empty row and lay down or lean on the window and sleep. I did sit in a Herman Miller chair before when working for a well funded tech co. and I used to look forward to sitting on the chair and getting in the zone. I was OK, even after sitting for a long period on those. The oddest issue I had then was getting blisters on my back since the chair wasn't a mesh back (it wasn't an aeron) and tended to heat up from me sitting in it for a long periods of time. Although, that happened a few 16 hours day in a row.

Killah911 13y ago

That's really interesting... Especially in light of the article on HN which pointed to sitting slouching back as being the "best" posture to be in (which is my preferred posture when coding), and having a good chair where the back tilts might actually help. I do agree with you about the plane thing. When I'm flying redeye from SF to FL, I try to either find an empty row and lay down or lean on the window and sleep. I did sit in a Herman Miller chair before when working for a well funded tech co. and I used to look forward to sitting on the chair and getting in the zone. I was OK, even after sitting for a long period on those. The oddest issue I had then was getting blisters on my back since the chair wasn't a mesh back (it wasn't an aeron) and tended to heat up from me sitting in it for a long periods of time. Although, that happened a few 16 hours day in a row.