Would like to hear of any stories of Business guys self-learning to code, and actually being successful at it. How long did it take you, and what product did you build?
I am a senior in a business school. Once I decided I wanted to work with web apps I taught myself programming and started building. Almost a year later, I now run a profitable company which sells web apps and mobile apps.<p>My advice//
- Code in PHP/JS it's easy to learn, not going anywhere, and has the most documentation to accompany it (which is crucial if your a novice). This decision has served me well.<p>- W3 schools is your best friend. Stack Overflow is good. But for the most part random forums will have 90% of the answers to your questions. Don't waste your time reading programming books or theory ect, just start building a project. By doing this you will learn exactly what you need to know without wasting time with extraneous material.<p>Your progress will be subject to how fast you learn and how much time you put into each week. I spent on average 2-10 hours a week building my projects - three months in and I considered myself capable of building pretty much anything I wanted to.