Startup from scratch alone?

Question

Startups

Input:
The goal is to make your web application for business (there are different ideas) and make money on it, scaling to a large number of clients.
The project will require knowledge of the backend, databases and frontend.
What I have:
36 years old, a complete zero in programming, I can get a job with a shift schedule with long days off to devote the maximum time to learning to program.
Questions:
How realistic is the following task:
1. From scratch at the age of 36, learn one PL for the backend (for example, Java), database and learn the frontend stack (html + css + js)
2. Use this knowledge to single-handedly raise a working web -Appendix?
3. How long will all this take? (at least approximately, I know about the answers - all my life)
4. Is it really possible to learn this knowledge at the level to raise a working project alone?
What interests me:
Now I’m at a crossroads, how to build my life further:
In sales I can earn the same 100-150K as a programmer’s salary, but in both cases the salary has its ceiling and I’m interested in programming purely from a commercial point of view and the ability to create it myself your project.
And here's how you think, in terms of labor costs:
Either I can earn the same 150K in sales and accumulate, for example, 600K in the same year and hire programmers to implement the project.
Or is it realistic to learn for that stack of technologies in a year and raise the project from scratch in the same year?
I understand that there is a lot of naivety and ambition in the question, I would just like to get comments from practitioners, which option is closer to reality, even having the makings of programming, it would be possible for one in our time to raise a project from scratch or it’s easier to make money and hire a team from at least two specialists.

Answer 1

1. if it’s completely zero on its own, then it will take years to study technologies, then months for it to unfold normally, and in the end it will come to an understanding that during this time everything could be done easier and faster.
2. One person cannot make a startup that will bring in money: you need not only to make a product, but also to present it, sell it, advertise it and much more
3. The cost of development depends on the complexity of the project and on who to hire. a project can cost both 10k and many millions (and not even rubles)
4. before doing a project, you need to understand what kind of project, who needs it, why and how it will be monetized, and you seem to have no ideas yet formulated - the result is obvious

Answer 2

yes, no problems at all, I had the same garbage once
golang + vue and you will start doing projects within a year,
but at first it will be a full g ... but if you are really interested, you will do mvp in a few months, information is just a wagon now

Answer 3

The founder of Pressfeed went exactly this way - he learned to program and wrote his own project.
Sufficient for this qualification, he acquired at all for "many years."
The project has taken off quite well. I think there was a big interview on RB, where he told in detail how he studied and how he wrote it.

Answer 4

the project will need customers willing to pay for it. Everything else is purely technical.
And if you want to do it faster, find someone who can do it. No money - find an investor if the idea is worth it. But as practice shows, startups greatly exaggerate the value of their ideas. That's why startups shoot one in a thousand.

Answer 5

Believe in yourself, do not listen to those who say that it will not work out. Try!
It’s always better to try than not to try and then regret, especially at 36. It’s
better to combine current work and training, but not just training, but immediately start making simple components for your product (design, algorithms, etc.). Consult only the architecture for your project with an experienced full stack. And start by testing the market, and writing a complete TOR.

Answer 6

If the idea of ​​the project is cool, then it makes sense to quickly make a prototype. If I were you (since there is initial capital) I would hire developers. By itself, this will take years and it’s not a fact that you will achieve something real, and coding may not like it.
Make a prototype with the team, attract investors and go further)