I probably wrote my best "software" in VB too, i.e., stuff that hung together well enough for others to use over a long time period. One of my programs is still used daily in the factory, with virtually zero failures in 14 years.

What happened was that I lost interest in creating that kind of thing. And the business decided that such programs have to go through a formal approval and release process, so it left me with no advantage over letting the software department maintain that stuff at considerably greater expense. Today, I'm willing to burden my users with stuff that requires a bit more care and feeding on their part, such as plain Python scripts. Also, VB turned into VB-dot-net.

I'm equally creative in C, but on the embedded side. Something about working within severe limitations. I'm reminded of a quote from Richard Feynman: “The game I play is a very interesting one, it’s imagination in a tight straitjacket.”