It depends on the place. Some places are willing to train you if you have a decent fundamental understanding of programming concepts. They'll probably see this

It depends on the place. Some places are willing to train you if you have a decent fundamental understanding of programming concepts. They'll probably see this by asking you to write a sort, a recursive function, a tree or something like. Other places may expect you to have prior knowledge. The thing is always to start early with your job search. Apply to work study jobs if you really can't find anything. It won't be as stressful and you'll be able to get some programming experience in. Pursuing in side projects will also help you gain more programming experience / it'll be something you can use on the interview.