[puranjay]

My brother-in-law was doing a Master's in Chemistry. In May 2018 he knew next to nothing about CS. In November 2018, he landed a junior data scientist position at a prestigious healthcare company.

Granted, he's very smart and basically coded all day for 6 months, but I'd say it is possible for a motivated individual.

[tracker1]

I always say that motivation and self-drive account for far more in terms of success with software development than anything else. In the end, it's the guys that figure stuff out, explore, research on their own that you want to keep around.