About missing those days - I still find joy in doing a lot of the same things around software, and although I did sell Dementia for $50/copy, it was a passion project and not a job.
If I was retired and didn't need to work, I'd still find some software to build and spend my time building it because that's something that I love to do. That's essentially what we were doing back then, so it was a good time.
I think there is some truth to what you're getting at with less noise and constraints and creativity.
Although - during this time, I dreamed of a future when every house and every business had their own BBS. That basically happened in the form of the www. The www and internet would have AMAZED a teenage me, it still does.
I remember that past fondly because they were exciting times for those reasons, but current times are also exciting. :)
If I was retired and didn't need to work, I'd still find some software to build and spend my time building it because that's something that I love to do. That's essentially what we were doing back then, so it was a good time.
I think there is some truth to what you're getting at with less noise and constraints and creativity.
Although - during this time, I dreamed of a future when every house and every business had their own BBS. That basically happened in the form of the www. The www and internet would have AMAZED a teenage me, it still does.
I remember that past fondly because they were exciting times for those reasons, but current times are also exciting. :)