That's what I miss these days. The barrier was low, you had access to it immediately and when using a computer from that era you were going to be exposed to tha

That's what I miss these days. The barrier was low, you had access to it immediately and when using a computer from that era you were going to be exposed to that stuff. Now everyone has a smartphone but you cannot easily program with it and moreover the chances you will encounter a programming language using it is 0 unless you look hard for it. A lot of young people are missing opportunities of discovering cool stuff and having fun. Which maybe hurts the entire profession. Using BASIC and assembler was a ton of fun back then.