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In addition to PC, Phone and so on I have a Batman statuette, few anti-stress balls, various food from Ginger to almonds as well as other various stuff
My real desk is the one at home. My office desk has just a notebook and fidget spinner on it, but at home I have a dragon statue souvenir I got while working in China, my mechanical keyboard and high-DPI mouse, notebooks for various personal projects, some weed and rolling papers, a working journal, and my iPad.
I think having a desk at home is a must for anyone with a sense of entrepreneurship; if you want to do things, you need to be organized about it and take it seriously. Your job is temporary.
Maybe I should be an entrepreneur
I only said "a sense of" entrepreneurship.
I have a standing desk at home with a balance thingie and a bamboo mat. There's my laptop, keyboard, monitor... On the right corner, I have a purple gay rights mug with pens, scissors, a box cutter, iPod nano charger, lighter, and chapstick. There's a stone coaster and some post-its. And a notepad. On the left corner is a stack of papers I need to address and a couple business cards.
And then on my kitchen table which I work at sometimes too, I just have my wallet, keys, business cards, earbuds, workout journal, and a lid for my water bottle for when I leave.
The shit you'll find elsewhere in my house and yard is way weirder. Very normal work setup.
That's what you call detail-oriented.
pens/highlighters, stress ball, fidget spinner, fidget cube, sriracha, small colored pads, post it flags, a stack of CIMs, iphone charging stand, laptop stand, pog slammers, captains of crush grippers
Advantages of having a fidget spinner? Just curious, I've seen a lot of them
relieves stress as well as boredom
+1 for captains of crush. GIT SOME
On #2. Anyone on #2.5 or even #3?
One of these is not like the others...
About 200 pitch books, sticky notes with everything I once thought was useful but no longer is, and a list of my enemies (a list that grows longer by the day).
Hahahahaha are you Sheldon Cooper by any chance
Wait do most people not have a shitlist? I'm like sort of proud of mine...
Do you really print pitch books/receive printed books? We'd throw all printed decks we'd receive because they are a paint to put into our CRM.
Bankers always show up with decks to leave behind. I can't remember the last time I read one. I suppose i should just throw them all out. I have an office, so I can kind of be as messy as I want, and I have a general idea where everything is.
I'm only 2-3 boxes away from completing my box fort.
Right now I have a pen, a paper and my laptop.
A cup of tea. 3 empty cups. And my phone^^
Starting from the left... Cup with some pens and markers, calculator, Phone, Qi wireless charger, keyboard, wireless mouse, picture of me and the wife, Moleskin notebook, iPhone, coffee mug, coaster, wireless 10-key, jar of crude oil, some books, stress ball.
Pappy Van Winkle 10y and 15y, tequila and rolaids
Really wish I could get a decent monitor for work as well, but you can't win them all
2 Dell U2415 FTW
I am so incredibly, incredibly jealous of you
Banana tombstone from WSO and an S2000 diecast car model, a car I will forever regret selling.
I owned a S2000 back in high school. Funnest car ever. I miss it :'(
Chocolate Muffin
Why don't you both buy another? I imagine a low mileage desirable color S2k will gain value as time goes on.
That's what I say to try to convince my wife, but I have to say it's already getting hard to swallow their current price.
Innumerable empty Topo Chicos
-Picture and nametag from ringing the bell at the NYSE. -ETF listing medals from NYSE -Foul ball from work event -innumeral back issues of FAJ -ETF methodology documents out to wazoo -stationary from companies that don't exist any more. -Boxes of tea. (Work provides coffee, but I can only drink about four cups a day) -competitor marketing materials
Aside from the normal monitor, mouse+mousepad, and keyboard, I have a lamp, a Chinese Junk from Hong Kong, some Earl Grey tea from Singapore, tablet, math instruments, and some pens. IMO a clean desk is the way to go, especially since everything is digital these days so I think it enhances my productivity when there aren't as many distractions laying around.
Only so much that if I get fired I can fit in all in one box on my way out the door.
Two monitors, a laptop dock, a desk phone (lol) a tiny football helmet, an iPad, a tissue box, an organizer, a little 3D-printed model building, and way too many pieces of paper.
Regular ipad? or air? pro?
Pens, fidget spinner, my laptop and right now I have LED desk lamp https://traeproducts.com/ I only use for detail work these days. It creates some intense and directed heat though.
10000 misc papers and a ton of guitars, synths, etc lol
Nothing since it's a standing desk.
HP P2717H, 2015 Macbook pro 15 inch, Logitech Wireless Mac keyboard, random wireless mouse, my wallet, Golden Tate bobblehead from the Lions Thanksgiving game this year, Planner, 6 notebooks, Lions bucket for my random things in the top right corner until i get my storage units, wireless charger to the left of the keyboard and a signed Darius Slay jersey in a jersey case on the wall behind of my desk.
I've found possibly the only other MI WSO user...
Lol there isn't too many of us
training the street water bottle, black n red notebook, ba ii plus calculator, panerai watch catalog, and a jar of protein with yamazaki single malt concealed inside
The black n red notebooks tho...
Hnnggg
On my desk are a computer, phones, pens, and bulk of paper works.
Post-It notes everywhere.
The analyst next to me has a couple of toys (as in actual toys for children) scattered about his desk for some odd reason...
lucites, fidget spinner, dice, notebooks, etc. Bunch of industry periodicals, foreign affairs, economist mags, deal LP's, CIMs in various states, various bank swag.
Bottle of liquor to drink every hour on the hour. Ashtray with cigarettes to smoke every 20-30 minutes.
Lol JK
Aside from the stuff I'm currently studying, I strive to keep my desk as straightforward as possible.
3x 27" Acer 120hz 2560x11600 monitors
Logitech K845 mechanical keyboard (peace be with you former Das Keyboard)
"Glorious" Model D mouse
Rega Brio-R Amp (still keep the C326BEE and Paradigm Atoms in the closet just in case)
Rega Kyte speakers
Sennheiser HD598 headphones
Steelseries mousepad
Logitech webcam (mostly used for only the microphone, thank god)
Three phones because I'm apparently playing a drug dealer or something (two physical and the third via software. Technically four if you want to count Zoom too)
Quite classic coaster of "Oh my god! My mother was right about everything all along!"
Hopday USB-C external dock for when I do need to plug in my laptop(s) - Just have to flip my inputs over on the monitors for the laptop(s). Yes, I keep two along with my built out desktop workstation, But not said stack of Chomeboooks, as funny as that was. I'm geeky, but not neurotic, thank you.
42" TV in the background to watch reruns of whatever Dick Wolf show or sports that are on while working, like the World Cup right now.
Dozens of Hershey Kisses wrappers because that's my real true vice.
My peace I give unto you.
What made you switch from the Das? I'm new to mechanical keyboards, and I've heard people rave about the Das a lot.
The Das was nice, don't get me wrong. But the Logitech does 99% of what the Das did for maybe 60% of the price, at most. And I expect it to actually last longer. Das purports to be "uber alles" to use their German choice of naming, but mine broke just due to lack of quality after all. The Das needed two USB plugs so it could also act as it's own USB hub, which I never used. Same for the headphone plugs and associated volume knob. I thought it looked cool when I bought it "because Das is the absolute best according to the interwebs!". But never provided any actual value to me.
Had plenty of Logitech hardware and nothing but positive experiences with them for the last two decades, so when I saw the K845 and the specs I figured it'd be worth a punt. For disclosure, started on the fabled IBM M model, Logitech G15 (which was not mechanical, but is still an instant classic like the IBM M), Razer Blackwidow with MX blues (DO NOT RECCOMEND BLUES. WAY TOO MANY ACCIDENTAL USES OF THE ENTER KEY JUST BY LAYING MY PINKY ON IT BECAUSE THEY'RE THAT SENSITIVE lol), SteelSeries Apex Pro, then the Das Pro, and now the K845.
Not to mention, on a different note, the K845 is way more stylish, honestly more well built / sturdy, and even has the touches like saying PU on the key instead of trying to say the full Page Up. Or PS instead of Print Screen. To put a caboose on this nerd train, whenever I wake my PC up from sleep or restart,
. Even has multiple other LED options that are great too. Not anything meaningful, but still just a cool touch.Mostly paper work, old decks/ studies, and toys/ gifts from different networking events. I also keep snacks in my drawers. Was thinking about bringing in some other stuff to put on it.
A mini dry erase board and a framed photo of the Jimmy Johns I used to work at. Use it as a reminder whenever I feel inclined to slack off of what my alternative career could be if I don't take my shit seriously.
Nothing more sobering than seeing your manager at Jimmy Johns be an overweight alcoholic 33 year-old coke head with so many DUIs that I'd have to pick him up from the train station for work to galvanize you into taking school seriously so that I could get the REPE job I have today.
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