“The 9[am] to 5[pm]” is a common term for one’s regular job, on the basis that normal people start work at 09:00 and finish at 17:00. I’ve worked a few jobs and closest I’ve ever gotten to this is 08:00 to 17:00, which I gather is standard.
Are there real jobs where people actually start at 9 and finish at 5?
software dev - I’m 8-5ish but the end is very flexible.
my morning is usually me waking myself up and remembering what I’m doing till 8:45, then we have a company wide and a dev team standup. then they let us loose to do what we need to do. if I run out of shit to do, I leave. sometimes I’m out by 3pm, but if there’s plenty to do and my wife is working late I’m often there till 6.
so 9-5, no, but 8-4ish, which is still the same 8 hours I guess. I don’t know any devs that start at 9am around here, 8 seems to be standard for some reason I can’t fathom.