Just chose a $500 AWS credit over a $200 office chair, big mistake

I had to pick between taking a $500 AWS credit for a startup program or buying a $200 ergonomic chair for my home office here in Austin, I went with the cloud credit and now my back is killing me after 3 months of coding sessions, has anyone else made a dumb tradeoff like this for business growth?

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blair_taylor3222d ago

Did you factor in the cost of chiropractor visits or a standing desk converter yet? That $300 difference might vanish quick once you start treating your back.

the_wendy22d ago

Did you factor in the cost of chiropractor visits or a standing desk converter yet?" That's a solid point, but how many hours are you actually logging per day? Is the AWS credit already paying off with faster deployment or are you still just burning through it?

ray35622d ago

Yeah my setup had me hunching over for way too long. Ended up just stacking some books under my monitor and using a Bluetooth keyboard half the time, fixed most of the pain without spending a dime. The AWS credits though, that part's tricky, I burned through my first batch just testing stuff before I realized I needed to lock down the instances when I wasn't using them.