nine-to-five it

"Any real business venture, besides government employment, when you say you have a 'nine-to-five' it's more like you have an 'eight to seven', at least in DC, and especially in New York city," says Nicholas Scheeberger, a 30-year-old technology sales executive, from Washington DC.

“Doing a nine-to-five, it’s too boring, and you don’t get to meet people,” she said, laughing.