[mbenjaminsmith]

I started learning software at 32.

I got a couple of things out of your question:

1. You're wondering if it's worthwhile. 2. You're struggling to finish something that's likely already within your capabilities.

Yeah, it's definitely worthwhile. I've brought a small software company further than a business I spent five years on (a PR agency) in a much shorter amount of time including the time it took me to learn a few languages. Having said that, I became addicted to it and spent nearly 5k hours on programming my first year and almost that much the second. It took no effort because I was hooked as soon as I started. I think you need to ask yourself if you really love writing software and are afraid to completely commit to it (it is time consuming and somewhat intimidating) or if you just think it's any interesting possibility for a career change. If it's the latter it probably won't be worth it for you.

If it does excite you, I'd suggest picking very small projects (and yeah, with an easy language like Python) that you can finish within a short period of time. There's nothing like finishing projects to motivate you and give you confidence to try different things. From a career/business perspective, once you've shipped a few things you'll have some credibility even if you don't have a ton of experience.