How hard do you work?
DanielStraight: I'm a programmer for an engineering company (the only one at the company). I do internal apps to help make their jobs easier.I have 9 scheduled hours a day (1 hour lunch). I'm usually at my desk early and during part of lunch, but I don't work during these times (unless something REALLY needs done). The break helps me focus more. During my regular 8 hours of work, I generally am actually working for at least 7.5 of them. I NEVER goof off at work. I never handle personal business or surf the web while at work (aside from using Google or StackOverflow to find an answer to a programming question). The only thing that distracts me from work is chatting with coworkers from time to time.I don't think it's fair to measure work by any standard other than "I feel what I'm doing is productive." I'm not typing code 7.5 hours a day. Sometimes I'm designing or reviewing code or refactoring or reading version control logs or reading up on new technologies. Fortunately, my company is smart enough to agree that this is work and encourage it.