Hard-line 9-to-5 sucks much worse than working from home, but the best is to have an office available with flexible hours. I think the optimum is somewhere arou

Hard-line 9-to-5 sucks much worse than working from home, but the best is to have an office available with flexible hours. I think the optimum is somewhere around 20-30 office hours plus 20-30 work-from-home hours. One of the lingering benefits of old-style work environments is the idea that a corporation is invested in your career development; you're their employee. In practice, a lot of corporations ignore this responsibility, but that's another topic... If you work from home, it becomes more visibly evident (or at least seems to be) that you're just providing services in exchange for money; there isn't even the pretense of that sense of responsibility.