mpiccino

I hear a lot of advice that if you want to start a company, but you don't know how to code, either don't bother at all or learn to code first. I used to fight this notion, mostly because I really wanted to start a company but was too worried that I wouldn't be able to learn to program even if I tried.

Yet now that I have a start-up (web-based), I feel the need to know how program more intensely than ever. I have a technical person on the team, but just delegating everything is starting to feel very limiting. I wish I could do what he does, and help out more.

So my question is, is it realistic for me to think I can learn, and how do I start? My undergrad background is in math so I have some familiarity with algorithms and thinking in that way. But I've never written a line of code.

Any books / courses you might recommend? What language to start with if my objective is ultimately to program for the web? Any advice would be awesome.

I know I open myself up to criticism by posting this, and maybe I sound like I don't have a clue, but really I just want to learn.

Thank you so much!