Question to all the Devs out there.....

What do you prefer???
A. Strict timing in the office (e.g. 9-6)
B. Deadline focused work any hours you want and beat the deadline.

A relaxed combination of them both.
Deadlines will be deadlines, but having the flexibility to adjust which 8 hours of the day I work is nice too.

Like I'm working now:
fixed deadlines and flexible hours of work, even tho, they're not completely flexible, but I can deal with it, I mean, I start working at 10am

@irene
Flextime with core office hours (e.g. 10-15 and 3h to spent freely)?

- Flexible schedule, up to 7 or 8 hours a day.(whatever is the rule in your country. Over here is 8 hours. More than that is considered over-time, more than 10 is illegal, but nobody actually pays attention to that)

- Proper planning so there's no need for "crunch time" to hit a deadline.

But my current situation is a massive quality of life upgrade: Remote freelancing on a 25 hours/week retainer, no schedule. Making more than I'd make as a full-time employee locally.

@irene Well.... in theory at least

C: Pretending to work for them but secretly studying c++, in 8-18 schedule.

I had only ever worked 9-5. Recently my organisation started doing “summertime hours” which is 8.30-5.30 Monday to Thursday and 9-12 on a Friday. This is only for the summer months (June, July and August). It works pretty well and allows us to have a longer weekend through the summer.

Strict timing 12-14

I prefer 8-3.30. With flexibility like 9-4.30 if I want to.

B

6 to 3 is my favorite, but with the Option to sleep longer If i need to, so 8 to 5 on some days