It was my job.
I got into computers before there was a PC. When I saw the introduction of the Apple II and the IBM-PC, I saw the opportunity door of life open, and I was first in line.
Here’s what I was doing when it happened. It’s the Madmen Story about dicking around at work
No one else could figure out what to do with them, as I lived in a mainframe world. I learned everything I could, and by the time others started playing with them, I was an industry insider. I worked with some of the smartest people in the industry. It was fun to know what was coming years before they announced it.
I even had time to pull off stunts like this.
I did virtually every job you could do, from technician/programmer to industry spokesman to one of the people planning the future 5 years in advance.
Delusions of Adequacy 
As technology replaced devices using discreet components including vacuum tubes and 19″ racks with microminiaturized components embedded in epoxy on multi-layer sandwich boards, I abandoned electronic repair to the motherboard changers and started teaching English and literature at the university.
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