I started with a Vic-20. I wrote a BBS for it with multiple rooms (message areas), private mail and an online game. Users could start their own rooms and make

I started with a Vic-20. I wrote a BBS for it with multiple rooms (message areas), private mail and an online game. Users could start their own rooms and make them public or private. It was very popular with each user spending an average of 70 minutes on it. That's how I got into programming professionally. One of my users said "Anyone who can write a BBS for a Vic can program!" and hired me as a programmer. Thirty-two years later, that same guy now wants me to work with him at Google.