[guynamedloren]

I was in the same boat as you about 6 months ago with no programming experience whatsoever (21 yrs old and a semester away from graduating college). I had trouble learning RoR, but stuck with it and launched the mvp of my first web app last week. I wrote a brief summary of my experience learning rails and building the app already (http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2112146) so I won't repost for the sake of redundancy, but there's the link. Feel free to shoot me an email if you need any tips with Ruby on Rails from a new programmer prospective.