Affiliate Marketing Secrets

Okay so I was on the internet today reading a researching about making money online. Like making money on autopilot. Basically it’s this software you can make that will do all the work for you and you just bring in money all the big big gurus use it and it is suppose to be one of their secrets to make large bills online it works really good with affiliate marketing my bestfriend uses it but he is so busy on vacation and buying mansions and sports cars he has no time for his long time bro. They say you have to be good a computer programming so where and how to do I start.
-Chris