The Rambam writes that a “working person” is someone who learns 8 hours a day and works 3. Not works 9am to 5pm.
I love how this little nugget gets trotted out every now and again when it’s completely irrelevant to today’s professional world.
The ways in which we do business (which includes holding a job) are much different today than they were in the Rambam’s time. There are very few jobs available for people to work only three hours a day and those jobs are generally not the type at which you can make a living doing that and nothing else.
The Wolf