Got my first job mostly because I know how to code pretty well for a junior sound designer.

Hi Valoon-- can you ping me offline (brian at gamesoundcon dot com)? I'd love to get more of that story. It's something I've seen in the industry, have explained to people, but another specific example is always good!

Cheers

I've been giving this some thought. Where would be a good place for a novice to start on audio coding?

I would start with C# on Unity. It's a pretty easy language, and the tutorials on the Unity web site are pretty good.

Now, if by "audio coding" you mean "I want to be able to write my own EQ's and DSP effects," then you'd want to learn C++ (and a lot more..).

A good resource can be your local community college-- look for intro to programming courses.