Ladies and gentlemen,
As an idea and business guy, should I learn to code?
I've been in the IT security field for 4+ years, I have a college degree and I have been working in IT since I was 13, starting out as the guy you went to when anything went wrong involving a computer. I've been interested in the startup scene for several years now and have been attending events as well as getting involved with my local startup community. The last event I went to was TechCrunch Disrupt NYC and I will be at this years upcoming DCWeek.
My passion is in entrepreneurship and I've always been the business guy. Currently, I have a political analysis news site, a small IT consulting firm and I still work a regular 40 hour job.
The first step into getting deeply involved in startups for me is going to be just getting a job with a startup and quitting my current job working for the government. I don't know what I can offer a startup besides working as a business developer but I will take anything I can get as long as the company seems like one where I can learn a lot and grow in.
After that, I was thinking of learning to code. Should I bother with becoming a developer? Will it make or break my dream if I choose not to and just stay the business route, hiring other people to develop for me? Or do you guys believe that me not learning to code/becoming a developer will have a huge negative effect on my goal?
Just do Learn Python The Hard Way or anything like that related to your field (C if you're doing hardware).