A fork in the path of the professional sphere, and in which vector should we move?

Question

Career in IT

Hello, the essence of a certain question is about the future profession and whether it is worth leaving for it. I am 23 years old, I live quite in a big city, I work at one of the largest factories, I do manual labor, but I get paid 60k per month, taking into account the 6/1 schedule, but I understand, in principle, this is a good salary for my age, but every day I understand that personal degradation is taking place (and of my environment at work), one day is similar to another, they don’t carry out advanced training and theoretical knowledge, they don’t repair equipment, and the specifics of the work are narrowly focused (there are no more than 5 vacancies in my profession in Moscow in Moscow) . At this stage, I realized that this would not work and by the age of 30 I would not change anything in my life. Began to actively engage in programming in python, studying the simplest algorithms and I'm thinking of applying to applied computer science. But that is not the point of the question. I have a choice to enter the target (free) for an engineer designer, studying for 5 years on weekends, or to go to distance learning (for a fee) and unlearn 4 years, and have at least some education in the IT field, along the way devoting a lot of time to theory and practice coding. I am attracted to the IT sphere, first of all, not by large salaries or a newfangled profession, but as a profession where there is no ceiling on the level of education and the constant change of technologies and the thirst for learning. Thanks in advance for your advice on this situation. along the way, devoting a lot of time to the theory and practice of coding. I am attracted to the IT sphere, first of all, not by large salaries or a newfangled profession, but as a profession where there is no ceiling on the level of education and the constant change of technologies and the thirst for learning. Thanks in advance for your advice on this situation. along the way, devoting a lot of time to the theory and practice of coding. I am attracted to the IT sphere, first of all, not by large salaries or a newfangled profession, but as a profession where there is no ceiling on the level of education and the constant change of technologies and the thirst for learning. Thanks in advance for your advice on this situation.

Answer 1

shop manager => plant manager

Answer 2

in the factory you need to be smart

Answer 3

Somehow, one eccentric (with the letter M) complained to me that he was a cool programmer, "knows" a bunch of "cool" PLs, but no one hires him, and where they take they pay a penny. But the most offensive thing for him is that his "stupid" classmate in a foreign company gets a lot of thousand bucks for writing scripts for AutoCAD and SolidWorks in "fucking VBA".
The moral of this fable is that programming languages ​​are nothing in IT, but the ability to use them to create something important and necessary is very useful

there is a choice to enter the target (free of charge) for the designer of the engineer

You have to be a complete idiot to refuse free VO

or go to distance learning (for a fee) and unlearn 4 years, and have at least some education in the IT field

I'll tell you a secret, at least for a fee, at least for free at the university they do not teach (especially in absentia) neither designing nor programming. At the university they teach to study, and what you learn later is already your own business.
PS And yes, my diploma says "design engineer", but this did not stop me from working as a programmer for 25 years