It seems that there's some kind of happy medium to be struck here. If you want to learn how to code, great, and it's something good to know if you want to work

It seems that there's some kind of happy medium to be struck here. If you want to learn how to code, great, and it's something good to know if you want to work on a startup regardless. Yet it's unlikely you're going to master a given language within a few months, so there may still be room to seek out someone who has had experience with it for a long time. tl;dr Learn how to code, but there's still a time to work with longstanding hackers.