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I have been a night owl my entire adult life, and for 23 years as a software engineer it was a professional advantage — late-night focus sessions, uninterrupted deep work after the household went quiet, the particular clarity that comes…
I am an emergency medicine physician. I work 12-hour shifts at a Level II trauma center, often nights, often standing for most of those hours on hard linoleum floors. I am 46 years old, and the accumulation of shift work,…