If you send an unsolicited email to someone you don't know that begins with a question like "What did your path from beginner to master look like?", you're unli

If you send an unsolicited email to someone you don't know that begins with a question like "What did your path from beginner to master look like?", you're unlikely to get a response even if you had Shakespeare ghost. The "master hackers" you are targeting probably haven't carved out time to answer all the random email they receive and their mental mail filter is probably pretty tight. "What's was your path from beginning to master?" is a big contemplative question. Answering it properly would require someone to pause and reflect over what could be a 20-40+ year journey and then take time to distil it down into an email. That's a lot to ask of someone you don't know Instead, get a dialogue going with a relevant two or three line email that can be answered quickly and doesn't require someone to write their memoir in response.