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Originally Posted by Robert Goren
The main reason to learn to write code is that you don't deal with code monkeys.  |
For the purposes of writing one's own app to do whatever one considers important or relevant in handicapping horse races, a couple of hours spent watching infosys intro programming presentations and Bucky's videos (typically 6-7 minutes long) will provide all one needs to get started.
A degree in rocket science is not needed, and in many cases could be a hindrance to insights that most without such degrees already have. We are talking about horse racing, not the orbital decay of space junk.
A weekend should be enough to get one up and coding. Especially if they take the time to download Visual Studio (with Visual Basic) and top it off with a few Microsoft tutorials.
