Having done a lot of it during my teen years and into college, all I remember was second shift was the worst. Working 2-11 pm, you never get to see your friends and family except on the weekend. Third shift was actually better, but I never did it long enough to not feel weird going to bed at 8 am and sleeping through most of the day.
I used to work 4:30 PM to 12:30 AM. When I started my days off were Tuesday-Wednesday. After a few years I worked up to Friday-Saturday. It's a different world.