<rick romero>
idiot found using twitter, news at 11:00
</rick romero>

This is just insulting how thinly veiled it is.

If you do not have a strong programming background, nobody is going to hire you as a programmer.

Look for IT Admin positiions, preferably with a very niche product. Find a contracting company that is willing to take you on, provide you with some form of training (whether it be just materials, and say go read it yourself, or hands on) and place you.

Can we just get rid of him?

I was wondering about this... Is there confirmation that users will be able to (easily) load their own apps onto the phone? To the best of my knowledge, the HTC phone does not have a supporeted way of linking the phone to your PC.