[tedmiston]

> learn programming from a Masters’ program

A Master's in CS won't teach you programming. You can learn the programming part on your own with online content or a bootcamp. If you have been able to conquer that level of difficulty in academia, you should have no problem getting started with programming. It's unintuitive to most people from the outside but Computer Science and programming really are pretty separate things.

> 1.If you’re not a technical founder but need to get programming done for your startup would you recommend...

This is a biased answer, but I am a one-man shop independent contractor software engineer who also takes freelance projects sometimes. There are certainly a few other people out there that offer similar services like me as well. I'm currently helping a non-technical client in a situation like yours build their MVP.

I also often encourage people to go work for a startup or try to understand the industry from the inside before founding.