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These people aren't genetic freaks, it's just a simple combination of:

1) being young & healthy

2) lots of coffee (and usually adderall too)

3) sleeping in heavily on the weekends

Almost everyone will quickly burn out if they're missing any of these criteria. It's not healthy, but it's doable.

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Yes, and also a heavy impact on your health regardless of those things.

This. I spent 2 years sleeping 4:30hs on weekdays (a combination of college and full time work). But then I would sleep 10h+ hours per night on weekends, was constantly tired, and Mondays were always terrible days as I adjusted back.

It was "doable" in the sense that I didn't sleepwalk into traffic, but in the end my performance both at work and at school was terrible. It was a waste.

It's somewhat fine if you're doing rote work, which I assume these people are doing, but little else.

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