It Starts With Rejection by Shahid Kamal Ahmad

CODE IS JUST is the true story of the son of immigrants blighted by poverty and racism in early 1980s London as he bet on the home computer revolution. Described by countless commentators as the best thread ever on Twitter, at over 300 posts and 11,000 words, it has managed to keep thousands of people engaged to the very end in a story told live over a seven-day period.

Featured right at the beginning is a pivotal letter to Shahid that despite being a rejection letter, offered a glimmer of hope and shaped his character and career.

That letter has been kept for 38 years and is offered here to commemorate this ground-breaking online event.

Rejection didn't break me. Rejection is what got me started.

It Starts With Rejection

The CODE IS JUST thread can be found here: https://twitter.com/shahidkamal/status/1436771192892018693