Let me be the devil's (to be read corporate) advocate for a moment here. You say: > Why? Work is where you spend one third (or more) of your time during your a

Let me be the devil's (to be read corporate) advocate for a moment here. You say: > Why? Work is where you spend one third (or more) of your time during your adult life. Why the hell would I not want such a significant portion of my life to not also provide great benefits like opportunities to make friends, meet people, eat great food, and have fun? I say: aren't you supposed to, you know, work while you are at work? The office is not a social club! Jokes aside, I always wondered how much time people actually do proper, productive work while in office, in software engineering. My view is rather restricted to my own experience (personal + people around me). I'm asking because if it's, say, 4h a day, I'd rather just spend 4h a day in office, and spend the other 4h however I choose to (alone, with family, or with colleagues, friends etc.), instead of watching YouTube or listen to conversations I don't want to (thanks open plan office!), or whatever people do when they are not productive. Maybe one day we'll collectively figure out the right amount of time we are actually productive, and get back the rest of the time.