This is one of the things I really, really love about being in my current Ops/Engineering position: I have a defined shift. I work 4x10, fixed hours (flexible

This is one of the things I really, really love about being in my current Ops/Engineering position: I have a defined shift. I work 4x10, fixed hours (flexible within certain rules, like if I'm running 15 minutes late or leave 30 minutes early, my boss doesn't come down on me), a few weeks of vacation, and no on-call. I still get to work on interesting projects and* I have people who work before my shift and after my shift who also handle tasks and projects so there's no institutional reason to come in early or stay late to pull extra hours. (Barring a major service meltdown, of course.) To each their own, but this is why I don't want to dev for a living. * - 3 day weekends every week is an awesome thing for me.