Hell, yes, you can become a developer at age 26. I'm 50 and I'm doing it, with no problem. I have no college degree (and attended very few classes). Yet I've at

Hell, yes, you can become a developer at age 26. I'm 50 and I'm doing it, with no problem. I have no college degree (and attended very few classes). Yet I've attained CISSP and CISM certifications in information security. I'm currently learning Ruby on Rails. In the recent past I learned HTML and CSS. At age 26 there is no reason you can not learn new technologies, programming, etc. And, yes, you should be able to find work even if you are _only_ self taught. In fact, I'd say it shows considerable motivation and self-discipline. Caveat: I'm in the US and things may be different here than in the UK.