[Xichekolas]

Well if they'd let the programmer come in at midnight, then his productive time would be tapering off right about the time the MBA shows up at 6am to get all his work done. It would be perfect.

But no, programmers must pretend to be generic office cogs. 9-5 just doesn't make sense for a creative profession. Working hours should be whenever the person happens to be working, and managers should be good enough at knowing whether things are getting done that they don't have to watch all their employees (pretend to) work on a set schedule.