3 steps to becoming an actual software programmer 1. Build personal software 2. Build internal software (for a select group of people) 3. Build public-facing software If you've only ever built personal software you're not qualified to build public-facing yet. As you climb the rungs the stakes get higher, your constraints get tighter, and you need to QA harder. So my advice for anyone who's never built an app is this: Find a small group of testers (even 1 is great) that will actually use an…