Which techie are you? Tag yourself in the comments!
The Dancing Queen / King - when the tune is right, you stand up for some sick moves. Singing along is optional but highly encouraged.
The Artsy - your desk might look a bit messy and there's definitely plenty of pens, colors, papers, and whatnot art supplies.
The Cat Whisperer - maybe it's the heat, maybe it's the funny moving images on the screen, nobody knows for sure - but your desk is typically claimed by felines who will make sure you notice they're there.
The Pack Leader - good boys / girls make sure you feel loved throughout the day; a snack or two and some belly rubs are expected in return.
The Minimalist - not much to say or see, but things are certainly on the right spot?
The Mom / Dad - your desk has a unique mix of random toys and maybe some lovely but at the same time awful hand-made mother day's gifts. There's also coffee, but it might be cold...
The Tech Deeva - nail polish, hand cream, lipstick and lip balm... just the basics. Maybe you're a youtuber, maybe not, but you definitely know some tricks to look good in the camera.
The Librarian - e-readers are boring, you prefer real books. Lots of them. Maybe you didn't read them all, but who cares? They are there for when you need them.
I am mostly number 2 and number 6, but sometimes I'm a 1 and a bit of a 7 as well! :)
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I am a childless man but am definitely The Mom here
HAHAH good one!!!! You must have a fun desk then.
The toys are my own π
And Iβve fallen behind on flipping this calendar. π€¨
Ben, may I selfishly have your GitHub toy pleaseπ₯Ί
You have a fur baby, that counts for like half credit π
I need to open with that more often.
I'm definitely a minimalist. I like to leave my desk like I "was never there". I found out that having a frugal work station makes me think more clear. Having a lot of stuff on the desk make me feel anxiety.
Same here, Man!
Too much visual noise puts me on a nerve!
minimalist
Moi? I am the cat-{Lion-Tamer} and minimalist. I have a two-ring circus where I crack my whip to keep the two tails off my keyboard and the hair from building up around desk.
Maybe a bit of Librarian too.
Haha adorable!!! I'm envying you, been a cat hoarder in the past, it was fun although I couldn't use my printer (my cat would angrily punch it several times whenever it started pulling the paper to print)
Cute π
I keep a brush on my desk otherwise it gets Out-Of-Control. ;)
Cat Whisperer and proud
Sometimes I think my cat gets Pissed too. "Why don't you play with me, bunkie!"
What a cutie! πππ
It's inevitable everytime I have ever organized cables, taking hours to do so, something needs changed the next day. Even if I have gone months without touching the spaghetti of wires before organizing.
Ha! Love this
Well if there would be similar stuff like a poll for males I would be.
combination of:
I'm the Mom (technically Dad). The coffee may be cold, but is always present. Kid picture (check) although my kids are too young to have many creations. Working in an office I don't have kids' toys on my desk, but I do have my tech toys (dual stack monitors, mechanical keyboards, gaming mouse, Randall Monroe's What If?)
I'm a mix of 1 and 5.
Occasionally standing up and dancing to the right tune also helps against the back pain from sitting all the time, and I guess also helps with concentration, you know when you have stared at the screen all day and can't see the bug for the code or something like that.
That's so true!!!
Definitely #3: I have proof!
Share pleaaaaaase!!! πππ
Added! (thanks for the great post)
πππ Adorable furballbaby π» thank you!
4 I guess
1 - Sometimes I take coding breaks purely because the song I'm listening to needs my full attention.
2 - When I'm not coding, I'm trying to improve on my drawing skills.
5 - When it comes to my work desk, I try to have only the essentials on it. True story: in one of my office jobs after I went home for the day, one of my colleagues was asked by someone in another department if I quit the company because my desk was spotless and had really nothing personal on it.
8 - I still like reading physical books and my room is full of bookshelves.
I'm 9. The Engineer with devices and components all about me (though organised) but mixed with 8 having books everywhere. For each book I read, I buy two more. And when most folks get hair on their tongue, for me, it's a resistor. How did that get in there!?
For a second there, I thought you meant you're 9 years old.
:D
Hah. Imagine that. In fact, I started coding when I was 9, and I was the "10. Floppy Disks filled with downloaded code everywhere" developer then.
Haha, that's a good one - I've been a "CDs everywhere" person in my teenage years π I'm glad it's so much easier to share and keep data nowadays!
9. The Mess - Workspace is a health hazard of stacked coke cans, coffee mugs, pop-tart wrappers, old mail, a handful of polyhedral dice, cables that are inexplicably tangled, two laptops stacked on top of each other, a LOTO lock that hasn't been picked yet, waterproof medical tape?, several face masks, two usb hubs that aren't plugged into anything, a bolt.
Hahah I recognize that one! Mine sometimes looks like this too π
I go between the minimalist and the mom.
.... 20 minutes later
I'm currently a mix of minimalist and artsy. I like to keep my space clean and open so I can work on art projects there. When I'm done with them, I try to clean them off again.
I'm the opposite.
Over time I clutter my desk with projects and supplies until I can't see it anymore. Then the minimalist breaks through and cleans it all up. Rinse and repeat.
I am exactly the same! But I never get as clean as the minimalist, lol....
That's nice! I try to do that but it doesn't last long. haha so I just give up and find a way to have the supplies I need in my desk in a less chaotic way
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