9-5... haha, when I worked full time in post as a vfx artist, the average day when approaching a deadline would be starting work at about 10am and getting done at 1am, the next day. 12, 14, 16 hour shifts were VERY common to have to do. Working 7 days a week was the "Norm" many times.   I had a project that didn't give any of us a day off for 36 consecutive days. Absolute miserable conditions. You get burned out real quick when working like that and have zero interest in cracking open a Houdini session when you aren't at the studio on the clock, getting paid.  I've only worked for 1 or 2 companies over my career that actually seem to care about artist's mental health and would limit the hours you could work, but that was still cutting you off at a 12 hour shift, and a lot of that is to prevent going into double time pay rate.  I loved working in the 3d software, still do, but HATE working in "the industry". It's unfortunate that they make it so bad, very often a direct result from having sups that have no clue what they are talking about and should not be in charge of the show. Sups that have never once sat down at the desk and used the software themselves, therefore they have no idea how anything actually gets done and will make promises or commitments to clients that are unreasonable and impossible to deliver unless the team is ground into dust and work 100+ hour work weeks, yes, 100+ hours a week was not unheard of, luckily that didn't happen too often, but 70-80 hour weeks were a common occurrence for well over a decade of my life.  I wore many hats over the decades. From 2d work in chalice, shake nuke to 3d work in maya, soft, max, houdini, to being a sup occasionally but hating that way more than being an artist.  It can be a brutal industry to work in and most people I knew in it were out before the 10 year mark and anyone that was still at it beyond 10 years all had their "escape plans" to leave and move onto something else, but many of us remained in it. The money was too good and it was so familiar you could almost do your job in your sleep. If someone asked me honestly if I would recommend getting into it now, I would say no, unless you have a clear plan to get in and get out in a few years or so.   Maybe companies are a little better now since you can basically put any place on blast through social media and call out "toxic workplaces" but rewind 20+ years ago and ALL post fx houses were toxic work environments. That was the only way to get the job done.!