Thats exactly what I am aiming to achieve. Not CTO status but enough to hack out a prototype and THEN get a CTO to mend later on. But dare I say in most people

Thats exactly what I am aiming to achieve. Not CTO status but enough to hack out a prototype and THEN get a CTO to mend later on. But dare I say in most people's eyes (e.g mine), you're definitely a programmer.