Well most of us older devs had what could be called "Tee-Ball" for software developers. Back in the day it was generally referred to as the home computer. You h

Well most of us older devs had what could be called "Tee-Ball" for software developers. Back in the day it was generally referred to as the home computer. You had multiple kinds, that stressed different priorities - like the Commodore 64, Atari 800 series, Apple II etc. Pick your favorite. The unifying concept was they were simple machines, with a basic feature set. Came well documented and when you turned them on they dumped you into a BASIC shell. Everyone typed in something to the effect: 10 print "Hello" 20 goto 10 Run No compilers, editors, linkers, deployment, security rights. Nothing. Just turn it on and type simple stuff. Screw up the machine -- just power on, power off. Bam - you get to the default stable state to try again. Get into the complexity when you are ready and willing to deal with it. Brilliant. Kids today don't have that.