I used to commute a 30-40 minutes in the morning from S. Austin to midtown. The reverse route could easily take 2+ hours. I finally quit taking the freeway and

I used to commute a 30-40 minutes in the morning from S. Austin to midtown. The reverse route could easily take 2+ hours. I finally quit taking the freeway and started going a thru-town route. Then it took 3 hours, but one hour was spent eating dinner. It sucked and I could easily have written the same software at home (and also avoided marketing people randomly popping in to ask about a feature because they didn't want to speak to my manager (who actively shielded us when he could)). God only knows how long that route takes now, but guaranteed the suck level has not gone down.