I know this doesn't sound that good, but if you learn programming, 25k + 2 years is nothing. All of us have made bigger mistakes in our lives (though not the sa

I know this doesn't sound that good, but if you learn programming, 25k + 2 years is nothing. All of us have made bigger mistakes in our lives (though not the same) by listening to other people. Now $250k, that's a lot of debt even for a programmer.