I went from being a US diplomat with no coding background to getting a job at edX as a machine learning engineer, so it's very possible. The keys are to find p

I went from being a US diplomat with no coding background to getting a job at edX as a machine learning engineer, so it's very possible. The keys are to find projects and build a portfolio so that you can prove your capabilities, and to start a blog/go to meetups so that you can build an audience and find opportunities.