30 years from now today's relatively new pilots will also be looking back on these as "the good old days."
The good old days are a thing of the past.
I still enjoy the flying after almost 35 years of it. Albeit doing relatively routine stuff these days I still usually experience something new and learn from it. However, the life style that goes with it is often disappointing. Helicopter pilots are traditionally underpaid in comparison with those flying fixed wing. If I'd taken my earlier option to fly multi-engined fixed wing I'd be financially better off and possibly in a position to retire quite a few years earlier than I will now be.
But I'm not unhappy about it.
To be honest, I can't imagine anyone being happy to make a full career out of rotary flying instruction in isolation.