You can do it if you work hard. I did econ / accounting @ UCLA and took a couple of C++ courses that was enough to get me hungry for building a web app rather t

You can do it if you work hard. I did econ / accounting @ UCLA and took a couple of C++ courses that was enough to get me hungry for building a web app rather than a desktop app. I am self taught and was stubborn enough to learn to setup a load balanced web cluster in linux, a postfix mail server, and write the code for my web app. The secret, like others have said, is to build out an idea you have. Once you finished that project you will most likely have dozens of ideas you want to work on. Right around that time read The Dip by Seth Godin so you learn to know when to hold em and when to fold em.