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Sitting. Seriously! It's a pretty unhealthy lifestyle unless you make significant effort to request a standing desk, work in hands-on manual role (server integration, physical networking) or are actively fixing issues at different locations or mixing with different teams.

Shoulder, neck, back issues. RSI, eye strain are all common complaints. You have to be prepared to integrate decent amounts of exercise into your free time to stay healthy.

I know engineers that are so used to having everything accessible at their finger tips that it becomes a major effort to get off their ass and go and put a disk into a server.

Always remember, when you go to interview for a job - look at the team. Are they healthy & active or will you be joining a culture that expects you to be sedentary all day.