This is just it, though. Relative to other cows, he has a bit of a work ethic insofar as he works. He also literally goes to the gym. But even knowing Russ as well as the regulars in this thread do, I sometimes think people still overestimate how much effort he actually puts into things. That's all I'm saying.
Also, I'll just say it: I simply do not believe he worked three jobs, concurrently, for any significant amount of time (if at all). Correct me if I'm wrong, but no one's ever corroborated that. I can believe he saved his pennies for a brothel run, mostly because he has nothing else in his life to spend money on, but I don't believe working too hard was the reason it took him so long to graduate. There's likely a grain of truth in there somewhere, but it sounds like a big fat cope overall. It seems a more likely explanation is that he had to take a reduced courseload because he's just this side of exceptional, and had part time jobs like most students do. Except he wasn't most students, he was Russell Fucking Greer and He's The Best At Everything, so a part time college degree and a part time job has to be rewritten as this epic feat that most people could never accomplish. And he can show his commitment and pride in his "lifestyle" by mentioning how important hookers are to him, to the point he put his education on hold for them, and also isn't it sad that this poor disabled guy has to "date" by using escorts for his one night stands?
It's unlikely on its face, and incredibly self-serving as a bonus. Call me a skeptic.