I moved to the Bay Area 14 years ago today, as Product Review Editor of Computer Language and AI Expert magazines. My duties included administering to the BBS's, which ran on a dedicated PC connected to a 1200 baud modem, and keeping track of the CompuServe forums. My CIS account was a mighty "767" account (76702,706 IIRC).
My first vendor meeting was at Borland. Philippe Kahn asked my opinion on whether Borland should do a Modula-2 compiler; I said "Nah." Later that day, I met Nils Jensen of JPI, who showed me their Modula-2 compiler and its at-the-time-amazing multithreading capability. I remember thinking "Geez, how much of an idiot did I sound like saying that Modula-2 didn't seem very exciting?"