I'm the same age as you. I personally feel that age is irrelevant to clients and employers if you can demonstrate that you know the appropriate competencies in

I'm the same age as you. I personally feel that age is irrelevant to clients and employers if you can demonstrate that you know the appropriate competencies in programming. If you are still looking to learn, I would recommend starting out with some MOOC's (online courses)[0], as they give college level education for free, and I know from personal experience that a large part of the computer science I know today is because of two things: trial&error, and those courses. Also, I'm trying to start a community of teen developers where we can collaborate and discuss, and it includes a resource aggregator, internship board, and social news platform. You can signup at http://teen2geek.com http://teen2geek.com, and I'd be more than willing to send a beta invite to the social news platform if you're interested :) [0]: Harvard's Introduction to Computer Science free online course started yesterday - https://courses.edx.org/courses/HarvardX/CS50x/2014_T1/info https://courses.edx.org/courses/HarvardX/CS50x/2014_T1/info