I dropped out of highschool when I was 16. Worked at KFC and McDonald's. Went to a local community college for a couple of years and learned how to program at

I dropped out of highschool when I was 16. Worked at KFC and McDonald's. Went to a local community college for a couple of years and learned how to program at 19. And then shortly dropped out again. Eventually, my parents convinced me that I should go back to college. Which I did at age 24, as a 1st year computer science student. I graduated with a CS degree from a university almost no one has heard of. Today, I'm an Engineering Director at Google and I love my job and the people I work with. You don't need to start programming when you're 9. But there's no substitute for putting in the hours. Or learning the material. Maybe you should switch majors?