Much simpler environment. In the mainframe days, you had a no-choice environment for coding. It was the same no matter where you went. Training was solid and

Much simpler environment. In the mainframe days, you had a no-choice environment for coding. It was the same no matter where you went. Training was solid and documentation was professional. You had to be on the right side of management to spend the money to get either, though. Some things were better. Not enough to make it worth changing back, though.