My typical workday is more like 9:30 - 4:30 or 5:00, although if needed I'll hang around until 6:00 or so. I work as an Application Architect in a large enterprise. We have some developer teams that work start-up hours, working 60+ hours a week, but most of us do an 8 hour day.
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#12I work remotely on the west coast for a company in the Midwest.
8am-12/1pm-3pm
7pm-9pm
Leaving work at 3pm gives me time to hit the gym, make dinner, and hangout with my wife for a bit. I'll typically pick back up around 7pm and work for another hour or two depending on how busy we are.
My evenings after 9pm are then open for whatever, which is nice.
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#13UK rather than US, I typically work 10:30-19:00 with a half-hour unpaid lunch.
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#148.30-5:00 There's a few folks that do more than that but they're the more senior folks.
That's the thing I've seen about a hierarchical company structure, the further up the ladder you go the more that's expected of you and the less return you get.
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#15I typically work 8am-4pm, but most people in my office work 9:30am - 4pm. Our parking lot is empty at 9am and 5pm
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#16~8 hours of work starting at somewhere between 7:30 and 8am (so i don't have to deal with rush hour). lunch is generally 1 hour but sometimes i take less and leave sooner, and other times i take more and leave later. if i'm in the middle of something, i generally stay until it's done, but some of my coworkers drop everything when they've done their ~8 hours.
(Silicon Valley/salaried)
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#177am - 7pm in office, plus 1 hour commute each way.
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#189-16:30
then 18-22 on private projects
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#19I enjoy my job a lot. Web developer in Northwest Arkansas.
I usually come in at around 8:00, take maybe an hour lunch at around 11 or 12, and leave at 5. If I get called in the middle of the night, I'm always happy to help out.
When I worked for the government my hours were a strict 8:00 - 4:30 with a 1 hour lunch.
When I worked for Toshiba, it was 45 hour weeks; I hated that job so I would come in at 6:00 and leave at 3 without taking a lunch.
I think a big part of working a lot of hours is enjoying the work involved. I greatly disliked Toshiba and the government, so working less / more hours was just awful.
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#208:30 - 12:30 / 2:00-5:30
I work in Paris, France so my lunch break (actually go to the gym and grab a sandwich afterwards) is paid.
Some of my colleagues do 9:30 - 1:00 / 2:30 - 18:30 or alternative hours (some work remotely, some from the office).