I took this path. Unfortunately I couldn’t get myself into programming and ended in IT. I’m pretty decent and now I’m boxed in IT because I have no “real” exper

I took this path. Unfortunately I couldn’t get myself into programming and ended in IT. I’m pretty decent and now I’m boxed in IT because I have no “real” experience developing software, but I have a great deal of IT experience. So I’m being offered management positions in IT when what I want is entry level dev lol! I totally agree with having a different perspective when studying vs when I was 18. I see professors as other adults and not as “the guy I’m afraid of/I want to please/I hate”. I see school as something I chose and not something that life just put in front of me. However I wish I could find that apprenticeship programming position you mention. I have enough savings to take a pay cut and dedicate myself fully. I feel like now that I’m more mature, if someone were to put me under their wing I’d take off rather quickly, but I haven’t found that yet.