I agree. There was a time when I looked down on the people who didn't take work home with them, or who didn't work ridiculous hours. Shame on me, I should not

I agree. There was a time when I looked down on the people who didn't take work home with them, or who didn't work ridiculous hours. Shame on me, I should not have. I've met many brilliant developers who put in their time during the day, go home, and have a huge disconnect between work and personal life. They don't have side projects, they don't (usually) take their work home with them, and they are great developers. Why shame them for not working overtime for the sake of it? If you leave at 5pm after breaking something that you left unfixed, thats poor job performance and you should be reprimanded for that. If you leave at 5pm because you've put in a good day of work and aren't going to be much more useful past them, there's absolutely nothing wrong with that.