It's very possible at 31. Many people in the early days were self-taught. There's so much information available freely online that you don't need to go to colle

It's very possible at 31. Many people in the early days were self-taught. There's so much information available freely online that you don't need to go to college to learn it (you go to college for other reasons). The fact that you haven't done some really basic stuff on your own though, before coming here, tells me you are not much of a self-starter. So I have my doubts. Python is easy to approach. Take the codeacademy python course, I think it's free. See if you take a liking to it. If so, find the syllabus for the first 2 years of a compsci program and learn those things. By 1 year into it, you should be able to make a useful nodejs program. Demo it here and go from there.