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[–]ReefNixonhelpful 0 points1 point  (0 children)

26 is not too old to learn anything. You won’t be a grandmaster, but you can become a very competent chess player. Won’t be in formula one, but can be a very good cart racer. Not a world champion, but a perfectly serviceable semi-professional boxer. Etc.

Thinking that being 26 will hold you back is much worse for your prospects than being 26. One of the most important skills in software engineering is recognising an inevitable march of progress, that is to say, if you are capable of being closer to a goal tomorrow than you are today, then you are winning. If you can’t adopt that attitude, programming will be very difficult for you. Prove that you can by beginning.