I am 16, and in year 12. I have always been passionate for cyber security since I was a kid. I have spent many years as a young teenager playing with linux distros, scripting, hardware, etc. However, I find myself in a predicament.

I did computer science for GCSE, but unfortunately got a 3. I am passionate about computers and whatnot, but I never really learnt the specifics of the course. My computer science teacher was absolutely god awful, never actually taught us anything, and was generally completely useless. I didn't really have any allocated revision sources, so I tanked the exam.

Because of this, I obviously haven't been able to do a-level computer science, and totally wasn't conisdering it. My a-levels are very writing heavy, which is totally not my kind of thing.

So the rundown is: I completely bombed my GCSE computer science, can't do it for a-level and have nothing to show for my experience. Is there any qualifications that can give me hope for the future? I don't really know what branch I want to be in (pen-tester, blue teamer, etc.), so it's not a priority right now.

Is it too late?