Yep. I didn’t even bother with the market until the discount broker thing became a thing. That is what made it possible for me to bother at all.
My first stock purchase was around 1966 when I purchased 100 shares of El Paso Natural Gas for the dividend which was something like 5%. Eventually sold it because I needed the cash for my last semester tuition payment! My first options purchase was in 68, WR Grace co. Made money of the former, lost on the latter.
Applied for a job at a brokerage. Two things were made clear at the interview: One, I was expected to move stocks and generate commissions. Two, I should have a number of “customers” on hand like well healed relatives and friends. Think of Bud Fox looking to Gordon Gecco for his business. Glad I chose a different career path.