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Name: Emmanuel

Location: Virginia, US

Occupation: Senior Engineer

Room size: 16 m² (169 ft²)

Social media: Instagram

Hello! Tell us a bit about yourself

I’m a Project Manager/Senior Engineer for a Telecom company.

My hobbies are tech, cars, gaming, anime, music, and recently, resin figure collecting.

Growing up, I was your typical guy who enjoyed playing sports, gaming, and watching anime.

As I grew up, I expanded my hobbies out of curiosity and discovered there are many fun things to do in the world, some more expensive than others.

A close-up of a wooden-cup headphone on a mannequin head next to the Phonitor XE headphone amplifier and a gaming console controller in the foreground

While I’m not technically working my “dream job”, I am fortunate for the opportunities my employer has provided, and I am a firm believer in always trying to better yourself.

I was a full remote worker from 2017 up until 2022, when we transitioned to going to the office once a month. The same continues today.

I’ve been with my current company for nearly ten years, originally starting in sales.

Through hard work, I was able to get promoted to manager, then project manager.

A close-up view of a tidy gaming desk setup, featuring a large Samsung Odyssey Ark 2 monitor with an anime display, a mechanical keyboard, a gaming mouse, a Stream Deck, and a RØDE microphone, all arranged neatly on a wooden surface

Coincidentally, we had a company realignment, and several of us found ourselves in new roles as Senior Engineers.

Although technically in an engineer role, I perform the same duties as a project manager with additional responsibilities as an engineer.

Take us through your setup

Item Model
Monitor Samsung Odyssey Ark 2
Monitor mount Base stand
Desktop 2019 Mac Pro — 24 core, 256GB RAM
GPU Pro Radeon Pro Vega 2 GPUs
Accelerator card Apple Afterburner Card
SSD 2TB OWC Accelsior 1M2NVMe PCIe SSD
USB card Sonnet Tech Allegro 4-port SuperSpeed USB 3.2 Charging PCI Express 2.0 Expansion Card
Storage Promise Pegasus J2i 8TB internal storage enclosure
Speakers Klipsch the Sevens with Klipsch sub
Headphones ZMF Caldera, ZMF Atrium, Meze Emp II, HiFiMan Arya Stealth
Keyboard Work Louder Creator Board, Black Diamond 75, Custom GMK67 65%, Keychron Q4
Mouse Logitech MX Master 3S, Logitech GX Pro Superlight (Black & White) and many others
Desk mat Currently Orbitkey Desk Mat Regular Slim. I rotate mats monthly
Desk shelf Hexcal Studio
Docking station CalDigit TB4 Element Hub
Web camera Opal C1
Microphone RØDE PodMic and Loupedeck Live S
Chair Herman Miller Embody with Atlas Headrest
Desk IKEA KARLBY + Fully Jarvis Standing Desk Frame + Uplift caster wheels

After many years of moving around and being a remote worker for the past seven, we finally found a home where I can have a dedicated office.

I needed a room where I can work uninterrupted and where I can relax, unwind, and have some alone time.

However, having children makes the alone time impossible.