I wouldn’t say I miss it but I do appreciate knowing the trade as it’s made every bathroom remodel and basement improvement much easier and cheaper in the years since I had that job.

Yours. probably turned out better than ours. We also textured the ceilings which I found to be ugly.

Had that job for about a year between college and high school. The sanding days were what convinced me to go to college. Lol

Sure. Just talk a quick walk around the place with your 6" knife and scrape off any ridges you see between coats. Not a lot found when using boxes tbh. Always some in the corners but most of the seams were already good.

Nah. We just scraped the seams down between coats.