Likewise. I moved to SF right before Lehman, to work at a startup. I had next to no money in the bank when I moved here, and an outrageous rent to pay. It was (financially) terrifying -- but at least it cut back on the douchebaggery in the city!
That said, 2009 wasn't a tech-specific downturn. New York had it far worse than us, and there were still tech companies doing their thing in SF, albeit on a much tighter budget, since the money wasn't flowing. The dot-com crash (which is essentially what I am describing) had its epicenter in SOMA, and we're a lot closer to that scenario than we are to Lehman -- outside of exports (oops, spoke too soon!) and shale oil/gas (oops, spoke too soon!), tech is the primary bright spot in our economy right now. The dumb money is flooding into tech instead of real estate this time, which means that when it does go away, the hangover is going to be pretty wicked.