Where to go to study as a programmer, having a non-core higher education?

Question

IT education

Good day. I am a medical practitioner. For the last 2 years I have been remembering and developing an old hobby from childhood - programming. As a child, I had BASIC on a Soviet partner 1.01, I had Turbo Pascal at school, and my childhood hobby did not grow into something practical. For the last 2 years I have been running a website on the WordPress CMS. Learned about modern languages ​​Java script, python. Then introductory courses on Stepika on Java script, python. I am currently finishing a course on coursera in python. And now I really understand that I want more. In principle, I am ready to consider the option of a gradual change in the field of activity. In my case, education is definitely correspondence.
The question arose about the choice of further development path. There are few options:
Various paid courses and specializations on coursera, GeekBrains or something similar.
Secondary education: specialty 09.02.03 Programming in computer systems, there are several options in the city, there are plenty to choose from, inexpensive.
Higher education: specialty 01.03.02 - Informatics and computer technology, more expensive, fewer options.
When choosing a financial issue is in second place.
I would like to hear the opinion of experts in this industry. Thank you.

Answer 1

Where to go to study as a programmer, having a non-core higher education?

on the Internet (textbooks, documentation, guides, video courses, etc.)
better than something completely different. The reviews are extremely disgusting. The description is a complete lie like "two weeks of the course and an internship in Yandex + salary of $ 1000 per day." Of course, I'm exaggerating, but I think the wash is clear
coursera - I don't know, I didn't hear it, I didn't sniff it, xs
here the papers are not important at all (do not even compare with medicine), even over the hill they are not particularly interested. The main thing is knowledge and experience, and how you get them is your choice. I myself studied to be a pharmacist.

Answer 2

"After all, there is a place where medical knowledge and IT intersect, well, I want to believe that there are such places or will be."
IT is everywhere now, so, of course, there is. Find the right direction and already learn specific tools.
Few people are interested in education (except perhaps the presence of higher technical education), the main thing is real experience and skills.