My work day on paper is from 9 am until 5 pm.
In actuality, I generally wake up at 9 am or so, shower, eat breakfast and catch up on news until 10 am.
10 am until 1 pm I am productive and "working."
From 1 pm until 2 pm, maybe 2:30 pm I go to the gym (unless it's a rest day) for 45 minutes, then come back home and eat lunch. Then I sign back on.
From 2:30 until 5 pm I am "working" again. If there isn't a pressing need for me to be available I might do a self-debrief of my to-do list and sign off at 4 pm or 4:30 pm. I then leave my office and don't enter it again until work the next day - I completely compartmentalize work life from home life (and respective hours) even though I work remotely.
I've made this sort of schedule very much a priority in my life. I am paid very, very well and it allows me to pursue a comfortable work life balance, health, relationships and other projects outside work. I strictly will not work before 9 am or after 5 pm.
If I need to run errands during the day, I basically just make it known that "I'm afk" for some estimation of time and come back later.
If I receive emails after 5 pm for work, I don't check them until the morning.
I'd estimate I have about 25 hours per week of truly pure, productive work getting accomplished.
I believe most people who can work like this in the software industry should. I have very generous vacation time, but I actually need to focus on scheduling it before the end of the year simply because aside from actual trips I never feel the need to use it.
Combine this with the financial and professional fulfillment this setup gives me and it's basically a dream.
Information security; specifically web and mobile penetration testing, source code auditing and security tool development.
I clear close to $300k per year in cash salary, pre-tax.
Monday 9am - 7pm Tuesday 9am - 1pm, 1pm - 7pm (part-time job with Uber) Wednesday 9 am - 1pm, 1pm-7pm (part-time job) Thursday 9am - 1pm, 1pm - 7pm (part-time job) Friday 9am - 5pm, 7pm - 12am (part-time job, every 2nd week) Saturday 10am -12pm (part-time job), 12pm - 5pm
Usually take a 10 minute break every 2 hours, plus get lunch most days at 12.15 and return to the office by 12.40.
Usually the work hours for office work is more 9am - 6pm or even 6:30 at the places where I've worked.
We also have a (theoretical) 35 hrs work-week which means around 7,5 weeks of holidays per year.
the remaining 4 hrs I do it anytime of the day.
Software Developer (Philippines)
Work remote so the day starts at 8 or 9 and typically ends around 7. Usually average around 37-42 hours per week of actual "work"
US, programmer, state-education.
~9am - 5:30pm
Location: india
US/writer