I once emailed Dijkstra. I was 14, it was the mid 90s, and I had just connected to the real internet a few months ago. I had just come across his name as a prominent computer scientist. I wanted to be one just like him, so I asked him what I should do.
He replied. it was 3 full paragraphs. He told me to study algorithms and to learn python.
I have a blog post by Norvig where he gently chides me for wasting enormous amounts of CPU trying to find a counterexample to the Beale Conjecture.
Not exactly frameable, and not exactly something to be proud of, but I got a chuckle nonetheless.
He replied. it was 3 full paragraphs. He told me to study algorithms and to learn python.
You're right. I absolutely should frame it.