> Taking your comment in the best possible light, I see this as a general indicator that for would-be-developers, things are often so much better than they were

> Taking your comment in the best possible light, I see this as a general indicator that for would-be-developers, things are often so much better than they were, That’s exactly the point - for someone who is enthusiastic, the resources a phone provides are vast. When I was learning, not only were the computers primitive and expensive, but even access to information about them required all manner of work, travel, etc.