I guess my question is - what are they doing for the rest of the week? Are they straight up just not doing anything, or just not writing code? I honestly don't think I could be writing code 40 hours a week, but I think that the code I do write when I'm writing it is the better for my taking the rest or zone out time. I also don't know if my work would be of a decent quality if I was suddenly asked to be typing all 40 hours a week.
Cannot speak to all of them but I know a couple work on sides personal projects the rest of their time. Doesn't matter if they are in the office or at home.
No one is asking them to write code 40 hours a week. That is not realistic in coding. Most developers' jobs include a lot more than coding. They are saying they spend 15-20 hour a week on all job related work. Whether that is coding, code review, engineering, testing, research, documentation, meetings ect.
