uh a programmer here age 25 been working in programming field for 2 years.. what i truly feel is that u need to have some interest in it.. ask urself whether are u able to stand looking at codes from 9 to 6 daily and occasional OT... i've seen some grad who claims to know programming when their in college but when comes to coding system they don cut it.. hence it's different when you're dwelling into programming just for the sake of gaining knowledge and actually doing it..