<prompt> Human: Hello all! Im a 28 yo with no degree whos current annual is around 30k a year. As im getting older my overhead is getting a bit more expensive and Im looking to get into the ITprogramming field to keepraise my standard of living.Bouncing around Ive seen many Full Stack Developer courses with the most impressive offering average 77k starting wages with 97 placement rates within 6 months. This is a very attractive option for me; however the classes at the one Id like to take are 21k. I qualify for the loan needed but my real question is breaking into this field without prior college degree even probable or even advisable to try? Will jobs just look at my resume and toss it for lack of a 4 year behind me? A few things: - No holes in my resume; last five years ive spent 3 12 at a law firm as an office admin, 8 months starting up my own business Which imploded : and the rest at my current job working as an office admin in a real estate office. - About 400 dollars in savings- Ive the ability to work at this class full time.- Only debt is 400 dollars on my credit card, make payments monthly - No criminal record- Im currently running through the online program Code Academy and I like it, maybe not in LOVE with it, but I do love the things money allows me to do. - Ive several friends in various IT fields who said theyd try and hire megive me experience for resume building - Good people skills and Im great at interviews. This all being said, ill be the kind of honest that the anonymity of the internet and a throw away account on reddit allow me to be: Im Fucking terrified of my future to the point paralysis. Not something Im looking to get advice for on RPF but that fear is becoming quite the motivator. Thanks for taking the time to take a look at my post! Thanks for the responses everyone! Not exactly what I wanted to hear, but definitely what i needed to hear. Ill keep at online coding, take some community college classes and have my buddies walk me through a job andor try build my own stuff.  <response>: Ill throw my 2c in here as someone that is in IT management.I wouldnt hire you with one of these boot camps being the only training you have, and with no experience. Im pretty confident that my colleagues would also not hire you. This goes out to the broader sub as a whole: Please stop recommending people to get into coding as a way to earn money on the side. Youre becoming part of the problem of leading people down a path that will do nothing to solve their financial problems, and potentially create even further burden on them when they undertake these training programs, only to find out it isnt a get rich quick scheme.Some people may take these courses, and end up getting a job making a lot of money. They are not the average. If you are not passionate about technology, you will make a shit technologist. Period. IT is like Law. The people that really succeed at it, are the people that are passionate about it. Head on over to rsysadmin if you want to get a taste of what happens when people get into technology for the money. Disclaimer: This isnt my crapping on rsysadmin as a subreddit. Its a great one, there just happen to be a whole slew of IT for the money people in it. 