As advisors we don’t typically spend 12+ hour days in front of a monitor and it has been years since we programmed fulltime for a living.  So we haven’t thought too much about repetitive stress injuries or ergonomics other than the occasional approval for a special chair for the team member with chronic back pain.  Writing this book has us back in front of the keyboard for hours on end and has got us thinking more about the proper ergonomics.  Here are some interesting articles about the best chair for the money, the best keyboard, guides to workstation ergonomics, more guides to workstations, and some basic information on the importance of ergonomics to developers. 

Our take on the subject is that it is absolutely worth spending the money for a comfortable workstation, chair, keyboard, mouse, monitor, etc.  Fish’s personal choices are the Logitech cordless keyboard and mouse on a Humanscale keyboard tray that has great negative tilt which allows for neutral wrist position.  Marty’s choice for ensuring ergonomic bliss….pushups, of course.