Evolution Of My Office(s) 2002 To Present
In my recent post about my current setup I alluded to possibly posting pictures of the evolution of my office(s) over the years. Well here it is.
This is the first picture I can find of a office space. It was taken May 29th 2002. I was working at the help desk for Wells Fargo Financial in Des Moines, IA. They decorated my table/cubical for my birthday.
I moved up the ladder pretty quick and soon had my own little secluded cube at Wells Fargo and it looked like this:
My Job Wells Fargo was now the Lead Unix Security Admin which sounds like a cool job but really sucked cause I would have to audit all the boxes for exploits and stuff then sitdown with the Unix Admin team and go over all the stuff they needed to fix. You can see how well liked I was here:
Not to long after that I moved to Omaha (after getting fired for working on nextpimp.com all day) and worked for Commercial Federal Bank by day but here was my office at home. I had 2 20″ sony 80lbs trinitron monitors which had the most beautiful picture! But they were HUGE!
I was fired in 2004ish from Commercial federal for working on my own websites all day (again) and started doing everything from home. This is when things started to go well for me. I had weight loss surgery and as you can see my monitors lost some weight too. I switched to dell 20″ LCD’s
In 2005 We moved from Omaha to Lincoln Nebraska and I setup this in a extra room (which is now susans office). It was a 36″ (i think) widescreen tv/monitor and then 3 20″ Dell LCD’s powered by a Dell XPS. This was totally a new temporary setup for me until my new office was being built in the unfinished part of the basement.
This was my first day in my newly built office. It still was not finished yet. I had a 60″ tv put into the wall but as you can see it was not yet framed in. On my desk I had 3 20″ dell monitors and also could use the 60″ LCD as a 4th for when I wanted to show things to other people. If you want to see this in its framed state before the drywall check this out
Here is a little better view from my point of view in the cockpit. In this instance I was running windows on the box to the left and mac on the 2 on the right. This setup did not last long. It was much easier to leave the windows box in my server room and just remote desktop into it then to have all the bs on my desk
I also played around doing some recording of some video “shows” with barry scwartz and other guests that never made it to the web =( It was fun though.
Its not always just about having “fun” playing on the internet though… When the Xbox 360 came out I was found A TON on xbox live! You can also see now the 60″ that is framed in with nice wood thing I had made for it.
back to computer setup pics! - So a bit later I moved to the Apple 30″ display from the 3×20″ and wow what a difference. The apple display is well worth the money.
and that leads us to the current setup of 2 30″ apple displays and a dual intel quad core 3ghz macpro desktop.
So thats it!!! Now tomorrow I am moving into my new office out of the house. I am REALLY excited because its a cool place… I will get some pictures soon. In the new office I am going to take one of the 30″ monitors and my old quad G5 apple.
It’s a nice improvement for your office.Regarding the job history, I can not miss the part with being fired for working on your sites…kind of what I do since some time now
, well…
if companies only were able to capitalize on the talent they had in you guys.
computers have to waste more time than they save.
Pretty cool evolution office desk. From thin monitor to large LCD, from fat to slim body. GOD never give prefectness to use, we must change it…!!, Is it right Jeremy..?
Like my favorite group Pete Rock and CL Smooth says,, ” I went from life sucks to major bucks…..” nice going shoe, hope I can be like you some day im in omaha now my self and I feel things are gettin betta for me holla…
Glad to see your office is as messy as mine
nothing beats how messy my office is!
nice to see how it he goes from cubicle to mansion, lol.
then back to cubicle?
then into a shoe?
Sweeeeeeet! Nice post man. Great job on the success.
hey shoe, nice pics of your workspace. What kind of chair do you use? also have you ever fancied a aeron chair or something like that. I suffer from backache as i work all day at my desk.
First of all - amazing transformation, man! I guess I’m between pics 4 and 5 physically and pic 1 professionally, so a lot of work to do…
On the other hand at least I got a good chair (Wilkhahn)
Not cheap (got mine at a liquidation), but sure no back pain. They say it’s more about moving your body while working than about number of levers and buttons on the chair, which is probably true. Not sure if they sell “over there” yet, You’ll have to find that out yourself if you like…
I can’t put this into words. I drooled over my laptop for a bit.
Good Luck with the move tomorrow. Can you film your move to the office? and show it us when you can.
Finally - a mac on your desk. All those windows boxes were starting to frighten me.
wow! nice improvement…. i can’t wait to have my own office as well.
Congrats with the new office.
The history of your office was interesting. I Wish you good luck with your new office.
You gotta smile more in your pictures dude
look forward to seeing the new office, did you talk about why you’re making the move?
Its hardcore shoemoney
lack of smiles clearly means lack of happiness. strange… because I understand happiness is for sale.
Shoe,
You are the American Dream personified. It is always a blast to hear about your “evolution”. Can’t wait to hear about your future adventures. You’ve earned it!
How did your employer find out you were working on your own websites all day?
I must say, based on this and previous posts, that you have an odd obsession with displays/monitors, their sizes, and stats!
You’re looking so sad at the Wells Fargo job..
I know of no one who looks happy at their job. I look forward to getting fired myself, and at the rate things are going, it won’t be long now
Exceptional post!
It is amazing what a person can do with their life in just a short period of time.
Very nice man. Quite an amazing turn-around.
Wow, what an amazing personal transformation! You really should write a book!
Shoemoney commented a while back that he has already been working on a book. I think these pics demonstrate it would be an interesting story.
No doubt it’s an audio book as Jeremy has said he listens to them more than reading paper books. Can you imagine him on a Nightingale Conant program?
Nice man… its cool to see change over time
you definitely stepped it up 
interesting!
impressing in what short period you earned your money!
WOW…I want those Monitors!….I thought my dual screen was cool!….thats insane!
cool building my office right now I like your office now real good looking and congrats on all of your success so far and hope it continues
So why the move out of your house? Yeah, yeah more room and what not. But comeon! Isn’t that what most of the population want (to work from home)?
Things change. having a 1 year old in the house and a nanny + building contractors (we are doing a remodel that will take atleast 4 months) is just to distracting during the day.
I must say, its an impressive move from a regular large sized tech geek, to nice and skinny internet guru (or whatever you want to call yourself)
The moves from monitor to monitor is great, boy do I miss the image from the old big monitors. Sony made the best back then….
Congrats on all the moves! The seperation of office and home is going to be such a welcome relief. I’m sure you’ll feel it after the first day or two.
I love the progression of both the office and your own change. Thanks for sharing!
That is truly an amazing transformation in many different ways. Kudos to you man.
shoe that’s very unique on the evol. really great story - and again love the wood framing around that tv! really like the looks of that.
Hey Jeremy…smart to take pix of all your office spaces over the yrs! Is that guy really giving u the bird or just kidding? hehe.
Look fwd to seeing the pix of your new space..also want to see pix of your home remodel, if u care to share when it’s done..r u getting granite? I agree a 1 yr old can be distracting..they stay distracting as they get older too.
- Julia
That really is an amazing transfornation/progression (both the offices and weight). You can sense Shoemoney is pretty proud of it and he has every right to be.
BTW - This is going to be some gold linkbait for Shoemoney!
man.. that is a pretty cool set up you got there.. i like how you made the gap for the tv to fit in
An 80 lb monitor! thats a little over half my wieght, monitors certainly got better fast. I dont even think the 30″ cinema displays are much heavier than 20
That’s quite the evolution! Be sure to post pics of your new office!
That office + tv is so badass.
Why are you moving into an office building for? You’ve got a sweet setup in the basement.
Shoemoney is going global!
He works online so hasnt he been global;)
that’s just what the fascist globalists want you to think
I find it very amazing and inspiring how you basically changed your life, nevermind your office… All I can say is do what your doing and things can only get better.
Looks good, glad you took some action against your weight. I bet it feels good!
Shoemoney — what a great story and progression of your career. I just left corporate America in April to start a business myself, and your story is quite the encouragement!
I must say - you ROCK! I am envious of your setup!
that is so cool! That way you place the LCD TV between 3 monitors is going to be my goal. haha
Your personal transformation is even more impressive than your office transformation (although I do love the toys). Congratulations!
Congrats Jeremy on all of your successes, very interesting to see the evolution through time
keep it up mate!
Whats the verdict on the best monitor — does a single Apple 30″ beat everything? Is 2 30″ers too much?
My gooooodness. You were so fat …… how come you loose so much weight
Duodenal switch.
Congrats on the new office Shoe!
Wow I never knew you were so big… nice job losing it all.
ohoo … you used to be hudge
Very nice work station. I could not imaging better installation. Congratz!
Cool your body was reducing every day and monitor size was increasing.Thats great in both cases.
it was an urgery afaik.. so “every day” i dont know
Very inspirational. These pictures alone drive me harder!
awesome. you should write an autobiography. i will buy the first copy
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Amazing Timeline!
nice evolution! but I gues tv (especially with video games) is so distracting… my respect for loosing weight, man!
Kudos shoe…as everyone mentioned - this gets me pumped. I work on my site throughout the day at work (not in-depth) but to see the transistions you went thru is truly inspiring….keep it up!
You got fired for working on your personal Web site from work? Well, it looks like that turned out to be a good thing. I could get so much more done w/o a day job, but I’m not ready to take the dive yet.
Cool evolution.
What is that rack of computers in the early years?
amazingi hope i can have some screens like that in few years..
great job!
greetinz from Brazil
I have fired people for using the Internet at work (they usually did other pretty bad things to though) but I bet none of them have an office like you do.
Do you think there’s a connection between losing all that weight and getting a better office - like a confidence thing? Or is it just a coincidence.
Moving on up. Cant wait to see the new office. Make sure you get a diet coke vending machine installed
you mean diet pepsi
They’re both bad for you dummies!!
Good god you looked miserable at your WF job. That was a “please god just let me die” look if I ever saw one. Sort of reminded me of Dilbert, the dude giving you the bird could easily be Ratbert. LOL
LOL Crazy history. Nice to know someone else that got canned for working on their own stuff at work. I love the setup now. It’s so nice to see you after the weight loss surgery. I’m too much of a chicken so I want to keep losing weight without it.
People discussing this post and stuff here -
http://forums.digitalpoint.com/showthread.php?t=473802
Hah - shoe sent people from digital point to his blog - now they’re sending them back :p Evolution?!
WORD Dude, thats .. ehm .. let me think about it .. sorry i can’t find the right words but i think “amazing” is a good start :).
Greetings ..
Hey Shoe, thank for posting pictures not just of yourself but of yourself. I lot of people hide parts of themselves but not you. Looking at your weight then and now, it is obvious that you are a person who is capable of achieving his goals. Thank you for being such an inspiration in so many ways. God bless!
John
Also, I love that you got canned for working on our own websites at work. I’ve doing that for two years and so far so good! I guess that’s the benefit of working in a remote field office a 800 person corporation! LOL’ing in comradeship with you.
Nice history.
It’s funny to compare the first and the last picture.
That is such a bad ass office.
Hey great set up…. I am full of envy……lol. All except for two things….. I see Tums and Tylenol??? on the desk…….lol…….. not stressing are we? Continued good luck and prosperity….. cheers…..eric
That’s awesome. I love how the tv slides in right in between the monitors. Great setup.
Wow, i really love the way your office has evolved. It has given me quite a few pointers.
Kudos to you as well concerning the weight loss, you seem to have turned yourself completely around.
I look forward to the next office pictures.
Richard
pretty amazing evolution
the 2 trinitron photo isn’t bad either, comptuer lab style, mess everywhere…kind of my style
I love your current place
if you don’t mind, why did you need 6 computers ? (in the trinitron pic)
How fast exactly did you “move up the ladder?” there at WF?
Are you going to miss having your daughter near by?
I often think about renting a proper office to meet clients but I think of the opportunity costs of commuting. Did you consider that? It is nice when the commute time is 30 seconds and doesn’t require gas.
Who is the baseball dude mascot, who seems to have followed your screens over the years, and where is he now?
Major props on the weight loss!
why do you rather donate the money to poor students for their education
Hey Shoe.
You look awesome man! You have really come a long way. Are you eating healthier? I did see like 10 coke cans on your desk!
Noob question: why do you need so many comptuers and screens? What are they all for?
Cheers,
RT
$hoe a heartly congrates, we cannot just expect how much pain and hardwork you would have taken to get here ..
Btw, you look cute in those photos
Shoe you are always a source of inspiration i learned so much from your blog and see you as a role model how you started and how things went fine you work hard and now get rewards.
The Pictures are another source of inspiration and i am motivated again to work hard. When i am down and out i came here read articles and the energy run through my veins gear up again to work hard.
though i am down and out today my girlfriend left me going to marry someone else as her parents wont accept me
Wow! Well done!
Forget all the tech (although it does look sweeet) - I want to congratulate you on the physical changes. How much weight have you lost? It’s an amazing turnaround and one that should be applauded.
Holy crap! You *really* lost a lot of weight since then, awesome!!
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