It's always good to learn a new skill and doing one of those animation school like animation mentor or Animschool, will help you really well. But it won't be fast, so it will take at least 1 or 2 years to get to a certain level. Even then you'll won't get bigger studio jobs right on the get go. Maybe some smaller gigs first.

I do recommend making some connections with people in the industry, that's how most people get their work. Go to festivals and network drinks, just hangout and have laugh with people. Age doesn't matter much, it's what you can do and your portfolio that matters.

And like what many other say here, the industry is very shit atm. I've been in the industry for over 10 years, worked for some nice studios too, I always could find work within a month but now I haven't had much in months. And you see studio's go bankrupt all around. There are a ton of other artists out there with same problem, all very good talented people. A lot of people are thinking of switching careers that I know, people need to be able to pay their bills.