Silicon Valley investor Sam Altman once worked so hard he got scurvy (2016)

It is incredibly hard to get scurvy - you have to actively work to avoid anything that can give you vitamin c.

This isn’t a role model, this is dumbass time and dietary decisions.

Also: getting scurvy hurts your productivity for quite a while, so again not a good role model.

No, he ate so poorly he got scurvy.

that doesn't make for good business porn though.

I once worked so hard I had to saw off me own leg and now I walk around on a peg! Arrrr!