Fun story. If the map is accurate he lives very near my house. This guy is basically working five days and taking two off. Is he really that different from the lawyer working the 75 hour weeks? I get his commute. From my house to Fredericksburg is 1:00 to 1:15 depending on the lead in your foot. You get on I-95 at mile marker 62 (288) or 67 (Chippenham Parkway, my exit) and get off somewhere between mile markers 126 and 133. In other words, 64-76 highway miles, much of it in a 70MPH zone, call it an hour on the highway. From there he isn't driving so perhaps he has found ways to make use of that time (reading, radio, etc.)
Definitely not for me, but I definitely get the logistics. Must be one helluva dream job. Oh, and I love the VCU and RVA shirts! This guy and I even use the same company for trash pickup.
Now, if I were offered triple my salary for a five year gig in DC? Yeah, I'd have to consider that and would probably do it. Bank all the excess, stay with friends occasionally in NOVA, I could see it.... That would dramatically cut into my retirement date.