Programmer, Missouri. My first few years full time I worked from 7 - 3:30, with a half hour lunch. During this time this I was working to live. I had an overly

Programmer, Missouri. My first few years full time I worked from 7 - 3:30, with a half hour lunch. During this time this I was working to live. I had an overly active social life, and night classes at College. My next few years I worked from 8:30 - 6:30, with a two hour lunch. This was nice because I could do all those little errands, that require banking hours. Most days I got to take a nap, surprise the wife with lunch, or eat somewhere where they actually cook the food. For the last 9 months I have been working from 8 - 3, with an hour lunch, and 8pm - 10pm. I have been working for the same company for 10 years. They have two rules: 1. If I am working that day I need to be on the clock or reachable during "core hours". For us, core hours are from 10am-3pm. 2. Keep a consistent schedule. I can't just show up whenever. My lunch periods are always unpaid. Occasionally I go out to lunch with a coworker, and if we talk shop more than half the time we are encouraged to charge our meals to the company credit card. This happens about once every three or four of months.