> getting a good night's sleep each night is definitely crucial for learning anything challenging.
That makes me wonder why sleep deprivation is such a large part of the college experience.
That makes me wonder why sleep deprivation is such a large part of the college experience.
Peer pressure doesn't stop after high school. In fact, it might not "stop". As some of us grow older, your peers change until they reflect what you really want in life (for most, in my experience, that means having peers who are settling down and having two kids and a family). I'm sure there is definitely peer pressure at senior citizen/assisted living homes to be 'cool' (whatever the norm is).
Startup culture is similar in the bubble of San Francisco. The norm is so skewed from the median/average of what most people in a business environment do.
As David Foster Wallace said, the fish doesn't know it is in water. [1]
In my experience, all-nighters were due to a combination of several factors: you start having large projects to do, there is little supervision to ensure you are making steady progress, you are starting to figure out how to organize on your own, and the projects are cooler and more open-ended so the sense of perfectionism is stronger.