I started in mid-2010. My workday starts earlier than most engineers: I take an 0640 shuttle in from the east bay, arriving at my desk around 0715. I typically take the 1655 or 1720 shuttle back home; on rare occasions or when under external deadlines I'll sometimes take the 1810 or 1840 shuttle back home. I almost always leave on the earliest 1605 shuttle on Friday. My day almost always includes a relaxing hour-long lunch with my coworkers.
So at the extreme high end (0640/1840 shuttle), I'm away from my house for about 64 hours a week. Ordinarily (0640/1655 shuttle), I'm away from the house around 55 hours a week. This includes both my lunch and about an hour on the shuttle each day, so depending on whether I work on the shuttle (I almost always do), my actual working hours are 35-45 hours, lunch excluded.
Oftentimes I'll come home and idly hack on work stuff while I'm sitting in my comfy chair and my wife and I watching her shows, but I'm sure exactly how to account for that time. It doesn't feel like work, I'm just hacking on what happens to be the most interesting stuff I could be hacking on at the moment.
So at the extreme high end (0640/1840 shuttle), I'm away from my house for about 64 hours a week. Ordinarily (0640/1655 shuttle), I'm away from the house around 55 hours a week. This includes both my lunch and about an hour on the shuttle each day, so depending on whether I work on the shuttle (I almost always do), my actual working hours are 35-45 hours, lunch excluded.
Oftentimes I'll come home and idly hack on work stuff while I'm sitting in my comfy chair and my wife and I watching her shows, but I'm sure exactly how to account for that time. It doesn't feel like work, I'm just hacking on what happens to be the most interesting stuff I could be hacking on at the moment.