Was on the internet actually before there was an internet. Back in '88 we used to dial into bulletin boards or I believe what they called BBS at the time. When the internet opened up with Compuserve, AOL, and others I got online, learned how to make a website and first started selling (whey protein) probably in '96. Have sold from home, built about 90 websites in 100 days, done some PLR with photos, dropshipped, and have gotten into crypto. For the most part I haven't done any internet marketing now in years. Back from the dead and time to have some fun again.
My experience is much like yours. I remember the BBs well. Had some strange conversations on a few of those. Although I never left the online marketing world. Welcome back.