I've been a front-end developer for many years now and lately I've been considering learning a programming language. I learned html/css first and focused more on learning design softwares to improve my designs.

But the problem now is when I have an idea for an app, I can't develop it since I don't know any back-end language. I have developers I work with but they don't have the time to develop my little ideas. My JS is also weak. I'm 23, I don't think I'm too old to learn but it would have been easier a few years ago.

I think the problem for most people (including me) is constantly thinking of how long it would take to reach mastery.