I was trying to convine someone just the other day that if they were serious about wanting to get a video game made to their own design, then the first thing th

I was trying to convine someone just the other day that if they were serious about wanting to get a video game made to their own design, then the first thing they should do before hiring programmers is to learn the basics of programming themselves, which I also offered to show them. I said that they should do this so they have at least some fundamental understanding of the issues involved. Their answer is that they dont need to do this because they will be hiring programmers. I suspect that they will not get their game made.