In case someone wonders why I thought it's HN-worthy: There are lots of teenagers on HN. I remember a poll from quite a while ago that a good 300 had answered "

In case someone wonders why I thought it's HN-worthy: There are lots of teenagers on HN. I remember a poll from quite a while ago that a good 300 had answered "I'm under 17" or something like that. Now there must be more of them and this might be of interest to them. What actually got me into programming was a writer (of computer-related topics) praising my absolutely shitty Flash app/game when I was 14 (or maybe 13). It felt really good. Having someone (who is already successful) tell you at that age that you shouldn't care if you're not the best and what matters is how much you try means a great deal. It did, at least to me. It's really a cliché article, but I'm glad it made it to the front page. Amidst all these Big Co nonsense articles.