I got struck by Lightning

[Southern_Lenders]

metaphorically speaking. I was watching a CNBC Show on HULU.com the other day, and the idea hit me, but I'm stuck. How does someone take a great idea to the next level without someone taking it for themselves?

If Mark zuckerberg couldn't program on his own, and hired someone to program it for him, do you think they'd take his idea?

[party-fouls]

you are the creator of the idea, chances are no one is as passionate about the idea as you. You could always make them sign an NDA.

[noob]

NDA don't really protect anything. There are other legal docs you can have people sign if they are building it but the question is would you be able to pay for an employee or a contractor.

Mark Zuckerberg is a bad example as there is a lot of legal questions regarding the history of Facebook and whether or not he stole the idea from other people.

[faisallatif]

no idea....

[DerekS]

no idea....

Then don't post. This is the 2nd idiotic post of yours that I've read this morning.

As for the OP, there really is no easy answer (in my limited experience.) Like noob said, NDAs are worthless, but as party-fouls mentioned, you are the one in control. Anyone can steal your idea, but if you network properly, find the right people, control the flow of information, and are prepared to push harder for the end product than others- the odds slightly tilt in your favor. You have to demonstrate yourself as a leader who will get the project finished (many people are content as being the cog in the wheel, not the wheel.)

Or, just learn to code yourself. If the idea means that much to you, it's worth the extra effort.

[Southern_Lenders]

Or, just learn to code yourself. If the idea means that much to you, it's worth the extra effort.

For many years I've attempted to teach myself to code. Sinse I was a sophomore in H.S I've got stacks of programming books that have been read half-way then stopped because the concepts go over my head. I've never been good in math which is a critical component in programming. I moved on to other difficult hobbies lol.

[noob]

For many years I've attempted to teach myself to code. Sinse I was a sophomore in H.S I've got stacks of programming books that have been read half-way then stopped because the concepts go over my head. I've never been good in math which is a critical component in programming. I moved on to other difficult hobbies lol.

What programming books do you have and what type of programming were you trying to accomplish? Learning math isn't really a necessary component of learning how to code, only to build algorithms.

[Southern_Lenders]

Everything:
C / C++
Perl
HTML (some dont consider this a programming lang, but i'll include it)
Javascript
python
VBS (visual basic script / windows shell scripting)
CSS
XML ( and all the other "X" languages confused the sh-t out of me)

[noob]

I think you've studied a lot of unnecessary languages and perhaps studied them out of order. As much as I hate to say this, two things come to mind.

Most programming languages have similar syntaxes in one way or another and as a result, if you already know how to program, it makes it much easier picking up other languages.

Second, web development languages are mostly self taught in most causes.

Having said that, it helps if you learn in a specific order as some languages rely on previous languages. For example, HTML and CSS comes first. Without understanding this, it'll make your life hell trying to learn anything else. Believe it or not, I believe there is a sequence in the order of languages you should study and of course putting them into practice every day as you are learning them.

The problem with beginning coders is they hear PHP, Python, RoR, or some other language is great for web development and they jump straight to learning those languages (usually right after HTML and CSS) and that is a grave mistake. While you certainly can, it makes things harder.

Did you try to learn programming to develop web applications or software?

[Southern_Lenders]

Did you try to learn programming to develop web applications or software?

both.

[JMediaConsulting]

LOL @ Derek, I love using the word "idiotic" too!

Ideas are just ideas. If it's a common idea, chances are 10,000 others have had the same thought. If it's a unique idea, chances are 1000 others have the same idea...you get the idea...

Ideas are easy to form. Execution takes, decisiveness, money, passion, time, and people. Get those 5 things down along with a solid game plan and you've got a shot at pulling off your idea.