>>I'm curious whether this would hold for creative, mentally taxing work like programming. It works when it should. As a teenager from a poor family in India,

>>I'm curious whether this would hold for creative, mentally taxing work like programming. It works when it should. As a teenager from a poor family in India, I would generally go on 5 hour sleep- My waking live was spent going to college, studying for long hours in the library and doing late night studies at home. I used to sleep between 3 AM and 9 AM in the morning. I didn't even like I was doing anything great at all. It felt more like 'opportunity'. Because frankly my other friends from a similar background where having it way worse, most had quit studies and were doing small time jobs to support their families. I had these kind of episodes in my life quite a few times. Generally something good comes out of it. And it has always felt like 'opportunity'. Stressful, tiring, taxing and demanding of course, but I feel blessed to be even given the opportunity to undergo the struggle.