Like a lot of people in IT I sit at a desk for 8-10hrs/day working on stuff that needs to get done “now”. That usually means eating unhealthy lunches at my desk, and sometimes dinner too. This does terrible things to your health. I have been trying to work some exercise into the workday but I was thinking it would be great if I worked somewhere where I was exercising all the time (walking around, lifting servers, etc.).
Does anyone have a job in IT (or know someone) where you are actually moving around (not sitting) doing something for most of the day?
Any job you can do sitting down should be doable standing up. There’s even an ad that appears on this and other sites for a vertically telescopic desk to allow for both positions.
In all my jobs the only person dictating whether it’s a sit down job or not has been myself. If sitting doesn’t suit you then you need to take steps to change it. It’s not the job, it’s the person who decides.
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