Can I find a job as a self-taught programmer?

Question

Career in IT

Is it possible to find some kind of work in the "office" if I myself learned the language without teachers? It's about formal employment.

Answer 1

I'm self-taught.
At 16, he only knew how to install toys on a computer.
At 17, he got a job.
At 22, a leadership position.
At 26, responsibility for one of the largest networks in the post-Soviet space and 47 people in subordination.
At 29, the position of director of IT.

Answer 2

You can't, by no means. The rest can, but not you 146%.