My current employer's workday requires only 7 hours per day and the commute time is also around 1 hour up and down that leaves me a lot of time to work on stuff that I love to do. I read books, write code for fun and so on. When it comes to running a family then it matters more since you have dependents that need your time more than ever. Work life balance for me mostly matters on less work that I need to bring home so that I can focus on stuff that I care about.
I also find more satisfaction in doing work that impact people like a patch that helps the other developer in a certain tool and so on that further increases the interest and responsibility in my work that also has a positive feel on my life that I did something worthwhile today. Different people that satisfaction in different ways of work that they are willing to spend time on.
Work takes up a significant portion of the day, I am working a typical 9 to 5 job and adding the commute (which is about 2 hours). Does't give me much time to do any side projects, however recently I figured that I can overstay at work to work on my side projects and then do the commute
Though this sounds good, I would frown on doing this. Companies often state that any work produced 'at work' does not but belongs to you but belongs to the company. I would go to a Starbucks or some other place where you can do your side projects.
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[ 4.9 ms ] story [ 20.3 ms ] threadI also find more satisfaction in doing work that impact people like a patch that helps the other developer in a certain tool and so on that further increases the interest and responsibility in my work that also has a positive feel on my life that I did something worthwhile today. Different people that satisfaction in different ways of work that they are willing to spend time on.