No one has ever been able to live in the past, so don't be a fool.
The point is the PROFESSION used to have cachet and a status that was rewarded.
True, there were less jobs, but those that were about were invariably better rewarded than now. And even if you were at the bottom of the ladder, there were routes up that ladder.
Now, the only way is to have deep pockets, or rich parents, or occasionally to have real luck.
And generally the jobs now have all the cachet and prestige of a bus driver
