Hey everyone. So this is the long and the short of it. For as long as I can remember, I've wanted to be a computer programmer, work with computers, do really geeky stuff with technology. I remember at 12 getting a cracked version of Macromedia Flash and teaching myself how to animate, and also trying to teach myself HTML and CSS. Well, my piece of shy father has been in prison since I was 7 and my mom had five kids, so I really didn't exactly get to pursue my dreams while my mom lost her house, and all of us kids had to get jobs and go stay with friends or family members because she couldn't afford to house us and support us all through school, and I was kind of a bad kid and a slacker and got kicked out of school, so I never even considered a scholarship was kind of out of the equation . I still want to go to school and get a job sitting on my computer all day doing nerdy interweb stuff, where should I get an education? How can I get help paying for it? I want to be a success story and not the bitter shell of an abandoned son who gave up on his creative dreams and ended up as a cook making $10 dollars an hour. To;Dr Im 25 and want to get an education and become a computer programmer or work in cyber security or something. I would like some recommendations as to where to go and how to get financial assistance.