I dropped out of CS after a 3 months, had never programmed before. I sat in my mom's basement for 8 months and taught myself the basics of JS and was able to g

I dropped out of CS after a 3 months, had never programmed before. I sat in my mom's basement for 8 months and taught myself the basics of JS and was able to get a job. Since then, I've spent a metric fuck-ton of time programming (tens of thousands of hours to date). I've worked on compilers, 3D graphics, semiconductors and game engines. I guess my experience kind of supports both sides of the coin. I was relatively easily able to get into industry with little experience (circa ~2012), although since then I've put in a ton of work to become a good engineer that people with interesting projects want to hire. Take that as you will :)