Programming Carrier...

I was just wondering, is it really worth to put so much effort and time into learning to program? And i'm not talking about making hacks, but about a career. Is it worth it, how much could you gain? Especially if you didn't start at a early age.
EDIT: Maybe i should have posted this in the general hacking section.

EDIT: How do you think the economy will be in a few years and how it will effect a computer science career? Also i want to remember that i didn't start at a early age, and i started around 14.

A Computer career has the largest projected growth in the next 50 years. If you think about, almost every single company needs a computer engineer.


... and you dont have to start at an early age. In fact, its a lot harder to learn at a younger age.

and i think i'm going into computer programming as a career. Or at least some area of computers.

yep, theres lots of money in programing buddy. and also, i've been wanting to my carrer to be programming since i was 7 years old. and programming will be my carrer. XDDDDD

How much do you make again BA? :P