You mean the classic easter eggs from the 70s and 80s? There were no corporate drones writing software back then. I learned to program in 1980 and have been doi

You mean the classic easter eggs from the 70s and 80s? There were no corporate drones writing software back then. I learned to program in 1980 and have been doing it for a living since 1990. Most programmers were enthusiasts working for themselves or for small companies. Microsoft was like 20 people including non technical staff? Apple was tiny too. They tended to be independent minded, anti establishment types, completely unlike today's crop of youth who spout hustle culture and corporate jargon. Go look at pictures of what teams at Apple, Microsoft, or Atari looked like. It was a very different time. For comparison I guess look at the top scientists at OpenAI or something, do you think they're bored and disaffected while doing some of the most impactful work of their time?