Definitely going to follow this. I get a pretty steady stream of business guys who come to me wanting to be, in the words of one, 'less useless' on their projec

Definitely going to follow this. I get a pretty steady stream of business guys who come to me wanting to be, in the words of one, 'less useless' on their projects. I try to provide them with some ways to get started and help them set some reasonable goals. Being able to see the real-time trials and successes of someone doing precisely this would provide another meaningful data point with which to improve that advice. And linking them to this might help keep their perseverance up as they go down their own path. While I recognize that there are probably ways to improve the business-side utility of a 'business guy' (or gal) who feels 'useless' at times, that's not something I am as qualified to help them fix. Furthermore, I'm always heartened by someone who is interested in learning programming, as opposed to not caring that they don't know what an API is or what MVC means, or even pertains to.