I loved coding in COBOL, Lotus 1-2-3 for VAX-VMS, and Visual Basic for Applications.
I did so much Lotus that, after a while, I started thinking in code. It’s addictive.
I barely use Word or Excel anymore.
Yep. I have coded in VBA, assembly, FORTRAN, etc. Did not want to eat, sleep, or use the restroom. That is addiction!
I bought my first PC in order to load lotus 1-2-3 and learn to use it fro accounting class. As a math teacher, I started a new class to teach coding to high school kids. (Now it is called AP Computer Science 1A. (I taught that too.) I had one student get a job coding right out of high school, although most went on to four year colleges.
As an engineer we were able to take coding in our senior year (as a computer was introduced at Berkeley in that year. 1966). I have always loved engineering and working with code was always a part of it. When we went through a layoff as teachers, I was invited to learn to be a bank teller. Fortunately they were hiring engineers at the time.
So I would say don’t just learn to code, if you can go back to school and study engineering and get a real job.