Too late to learn?
You don't have any reason to doubt yourself and one is never too old.
My childhood and teenage years were truly awful. I was abused and severely bullied at school... There was only one thing I wanted; this was to be older so that I could get away, far away. When the time finally came I did just that, I ran as far away as possible and as fast as possible. I got a blue collar working class job when I was 15 straight out of that hell. The work was harsh and the pay was minimum but I was finally free so I enjoyed it for a long time.
It wasn't until I was 19 that I started to feel like there could be more for me. Mainly because all I could see was a dead end with little progression or change plus ones priorities also change as they age. In the interests of brevity, without digressing into the detail; this feeling lead me back to education by way of an Access to Computing course (lasting one year, Access courses were aimed at getting adults back into education). However it wouldn't be until I was in my mid twenties that I came upon my first real BSc degree and with it a diagnosis of Dyslexia and Dyscalculia. Despite this and my age I was amazed to be excelling in the Software Engineering field... I found myself employed in my second year and going full time upon graduation.
A short while later I progressed quickly through the industry and now have the pleasure to find myself working office hours in an enormous multi national corporation and other hours freelance. I am called nearly every other day by head hunters and agents... have picked up multiple other qualifications as well as a great many programming languages and technologies.
My world changed because I was willing to believe in myself.
I would encourage you to do the same because the journey is truly amazing.
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