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The question of the day is how many resources do you supply yourself with at work? Do you have personally paid for software on your work computer? Do you bring in your own hardware? What about the ergonomics of your workspace? Do you ensure that your space suits you, or do you just use what the company you work for supplies you?

Personally I have provided many ergonomic items for my workspace. I have brought in my own chair, and a special keyboard. I prefer (and need) the ergonomic split keyboard design. Side note: after reading a review of the Microsoft Natural Ergonomic Keyboard 4000 on codinghorror I zipped out and bought one that night. Awesome keyboard. Love it to bits.

I have also supplied some software I have bought, in particular a diff tool called Compare-It.

I used to have a trackpad for the left side of my keyboard that I used in conjunction with a mouse. Someday, if I find a mouse I love and that treats my hand right, I will buy it and take it to work.

One of my co-workers brought in his own flat panels for a while. Very few people in the company had flat panels until recently, and since he had a couple kicking around, and since he loved them so much, he brought them in. Many people were jealous. Jason, for a while, provided his own copy of ReSharper, which isn't a cheap piece of code.j

So, the question I have is, what sorts of software/hardware do you provide that makes your job easier, or more enjoyable? Do you think it is right that you have to provide this? Do you feel that this is something an employee should just do for the sake of employment? Do you think that your employer should provide more of these items?