Yes, I still live with my mom, and she hates me working at night (I do freelance and work on my startup).
I can't tell you how much more productive I am. I think I gain at least 10x focus at night. No noise, no one texting/calling.
Do you work at night? Do you wish you could work at night? Do startups and/or corps allow work at night hours?
Since I have a full time job I prefer to wake up earlier if I need to work on something apart from my main job. I was a night owl for many years but I discovered mornings are pretty good also - you can find some beauty in it: nice, fresh weather, a good coffee and the less noise are your best friends for sure. Also by being fresh you can make sure that you are at your most productive state. If you do something in the morning and/or in the afternoon then it is convenient to rest and sleep at night.
I think that this depends on the type you are and not just on your biorythm but the social situation you are in.
I don't know that less distractions would be a valid point for most. What happen to the distractions during the day? If they don't go away then they may result in jacking up your sleep schedule. If they do go away, then that would suggest you can control them if you need to.
I often don't get good enough sleep if I try to get a full run of sleep in one session during the day. If I try to get multiple sessions, then often they both end up being short. That leaves me not at my best at night. There might be less distractions, but the lack of distractions don't make up for being less than optimal.
Even better for me than sticking to a specific schedule is to simply work when I feel refreshed and sleep when I'm tired. Often that means I stay up late, get up early and take a nap or two during the day. Sometimes I will go to bed early, wake up in the middle of the night for 2 - 3 hours of work, sleep again until dawn and then take another nap during the middle of the day.
Some people were just built for the night.
The first was that there were fewer distractions.
The second and more interesting one was that in two different circumstances, the computer that I was working on wasn't available until after first and sometimes second shift. One gig involved going in at 2 am, coming home noonish. Thus, I would walk to work in one world and walk home in a different one. A bit disorienting. (I am afraid this may be dating myself a bit.)
These days I am able to control the non-internet distractions a lot better, so it is pretty much daylight for me.
When I did have young kids at home, and needed to work long days, I elected to go in very early. This way, I would be able to be home in the evening.
Sometimes I do love to work early in the morning.. just that waking up is so difficult in the morning. As if the gravity is stronger in the morning than at night!
Otherwise a perfect working environment for me will be quiet and comfortable.
None of them come out and say it, but look for keywords: 'work from home', 'contractors', and 'global team'.
Yes, I work a lot at night too. Some of us weren't built for the 24-hour Earth.