this looks perfect for all those who "want to do a startup"

salemh · on Jan 21, 2013

Sincere question though, I imagine the linking too the pre-req cs198 Standford course work, that even doing, e.g. Udacity intro to CS101, Learn Python the Hard Way may be too "light" of knowledge to sign up.

Should I try and gear up C++/burn through as much as possible of: https://cs198.stanford.edu/cs106/ (I did some C++ in highschool YEARS ago, but was mostly a mIRC script kiddie).

In preparation for this course to be valuable to a non-coder (that's learning), like myself?

hnwh · on Jan 21, 2013

I'd say don't waste your time going through C++. Python is a great language to get started with, and will serve well for many web focused startups, as well as with dev ops and systems administration. This course will likely emphasize giving you the broad base of tools and habits you need to succeed, not drilling code syntax and algorithms into your head (which you can always do later). So imho, do your CS101 and dive in. // CTO, and tech advisor to several startups