You might want to take a look at Dev Bootcamp. It's a 9-week intensive course that teaches its students just enough to make them employable, and then connects

You might want to take a look at Dev Bootcamp. It's a 9-week intensive course that teaches its students just enough to make them employable, and then connects them with interested employers: http://devbootcamp.com/ http://devbootcamp.com/ Bloc offers a 12-week intensive online course: https://www.bloc.io/ https://www.bloc.io/ The idea is basically to give you "minimum viable training", so that you can see whether a programming career is right for you, and then get paid to learn more while providing a valuable service to your employer. I think Dev Bootcamp pioneered these "bootcamp"-style courses, but there are several of them now, and I've heard good things about them. Just make sure you do your due diligence, since with the recent media coverage, there are bound to be a few phoney scams trying to exploit people like you. EDIT: Also, these courses are fairly new, and almost nobody in the industry has any experience with this style of teaching, except for the people closely involved with it. Most programmers will be useful sources of information about the things you need to know that these courses won't teach you, but we probably don't have a clue about the effectiveness of these courses. Take our opinions with a grain of salt.