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If you're in it alone, I'd say 3 - 5 years.

Sorry, didnt get your answer. It may take me up to 5 years? and what do you mean by saying "... in it alone"

Truthfully it depends. Some people pick up on stuff quickly. Just come up with an idea and start building. I find that the best way to learn. If you get stuck just Google.

Google is the solution to any problem. Thanks god we have Google.

Okay, to build something like 42floors you need the following knowledge (guesstimating):

- HTML5

- CSS3

- Javascript

- basics of image manipulation

- some kind of backend language (PHP, Python, Ruby, Node.js,...)

- some kind of database engine knowledge (SQL, NoSQL, both?)

- user experience planning, testing and execution

- extensive server administration

- different APIs

These are just the technical aspects, now count in the whole business side of things. 3-5 years. Probably more if you want to master all of the above.

Got the picture. Well, that will not put me down. I have CS degree, I have 14 years experiences in High-Tech industry as a QA and lots of knowledge. My goal is to be a founder of a similar site (technically) like 24floors.com and I need to start somewhere. Thanks tzaman.

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