# Letter to a young programmer

DevFeed: [Letter to a young programmer](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/letter-to-a-young-programmer-38894.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<http://neopythonic.blogspot.com/2013/10/letter-to-young-programmer.html>)

Author: Guido van Rossum (noreply@blogger.com)

Published: 2013-10-25T02:19:00Z

Content type: opinion

Language: en

Sources: [Guido van Rossum](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/guido-van-rossum.md>)

Topics: [Python](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/python.md>), [Programming](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/programming.md>), [Programming language](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/programming-language.md>)

Tags: [computers](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/computers.md>), [programming](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/programming.md>), [programming-language](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/programming-language.md>), [python](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/python.md>)

## AI overview

Guido van Rossum encourages a young person interested in Python to pursue programming, dream ambitiously, and use computers and robots to create things.

## Source excerpt

Dear (insert name here), I heard you enjoy a certain programming language named Python. Programming is a wonderful activity. I am a little jealous that you have access to computers at your age; when I grew up I didn't even know what a computer was! I was an electronics hobbyist though, and my big dream was to build my own electronic calculator from discrete components. I never did do that, but I did build several digital clocks, and it was amazing to build something that complex and see it work. I hope you dream big too -- programmers can make computers (and robots!) do amazing things, and this is a great time to become a programmer. Just imagine how much faster computers will be in five or ten years, and what you will be able to do with your skills then! --Guido van Rossum (inventor of Python)