It's doable! I never even went to collage and I'm doing just fine, currently doing systems development at Mojang. I learned to code online, did some free classe

It's doable! I never even went to collage and I'm doing just fine, currently doing systems development at Mojang. I learned to code online, did some free classes, then built my first application using nodejs and mongodb. My application wasn't amazing, and neither was the job it helped me land, but it was a start, that job helped me land the next and so on. Today, about 6 years later I introduce my self as a senior Java systems developer. If you really want to do this though, you might want to buckle down for a couple of less than glamorous years. You can get into the software industry without qualifications, but you won't get in at the top with your first gig. You're gonna have to work your way there. Some advise: keep doing hobby projects, keep learning new stuff constantly, and if you have a choice, pick the jobs that will serve to evolve your skills, not the jobs that pay the most. It's been ages since anyone even asked me about my education, the only thing that matters is my current and previous assignment, and that I can demonstrate logical thinking on the interviews. I'll add as a disclaimer that YMMV, we're currently in difficult times, and it affects even software Devs. I also don't know where you're at geographically, here in Sweden I'd go so far as to say that if you can land a software job before going to collage/university doing it is a waste of time, as you'll learn far more relevant stuff way faster while working. But I hear in the States that diploma is more important, so I can't be sure. Believe in yourself and don't give up! You can do it!