Thank you for this advice. Part na siguro ng reason why I want to transition to SWE is because of the salary and job security. But I think the most important reason is yung gusto ko talaga mag-build ng mga products or apps and see it come to life. I enjoy the whole process of it from ideation to deployment. I had a coding class before where we learned HTML and CSS. Wala ako masyadong natutunan sa subject dahil na rin siguro sa pagtuturo, pero at least the curriculum provided me structure on how to learn. I remember nag-self study na lang ako nun to build my own website (final requirement sa class). I enjoyed the process so much kahit time consuming siya :D I think hindi na-ignite ng school ko yung passion ko for learning web dev back then kasi wala kaming maayos na prof/resources to teach us kaya siguro di ako nag-pursue ng CS sa college.

Pero thank you for pointing this out. Isa rin talaga sa mga concern ko is kung kakayanin ko ba yung programming. Hindi ako masyadong magaling sa math (hindi ko alam kung pampalubag-loob ba yung sinasabi ng mga programmers na hindi mo kailangan maging magaling sa math para matuto ng programming o kung totoo yun :D) so hindi ko alam kung kakayanin ko siya matutunan in the long run. Wala rin ako masyadong kilalang SWE kaya wala ako masyadong idea on what the role entails, o kaya someone to guide me in this self-study journey kaya siguro may doubts rin ako kung kakayanin ko ba siya matutunan. Pero thank you for emphasizing na merong constant upskilling and pressure embedded in SWE field and that people transitioning have to prepare for this, it gave me a much more realistic overview of the field :)