I also do not have a CS background, but have contributed fairly immensely to the ventures that I been associated with. I have a good statistical background, and

I also do not have a CS background, but have contributed fairly immensely to the ventures that I been associated with. I have a good statistical background, and currently am delving into Python and R with some CartoDB here and there. I do participate here, the topics are a varied lot that allows for good participation. So delve in, the community is harsh sometimes but some of it is essential too.