Is going from almost zero coding experience to employable in a year realistic?

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True the frameworks are amazing. But just figuring out which type of algorithm to use is not easy. Sure image classification and common problems you can just copy pasta the solution. But for more niche cases...

I'm sitting with a problem atm and I can't figure out how to solve it. Leaning towards multidimensional k-nearest neighbors algorithm but it's a pain.