I can't say I noticed when Apple released the very first iPod. I was 10 years old at the time, had no real understanding of what tech companies were, and it would take a couple of years before iPods were widespread enough that all the rich kids started bringing them into school to show off.
Looking back at this almost 26 years later, and doing the job I do, it's a little funny how little my younger self knew or cared about what was going on in Silicon Valley at the time. But with the benefit of hindsight, it's crazy to think about how much of an impact that one product had on the entire tech sector.
