Yeah man, coding is the answer if you are disciplined and focus. I am sorry to hear about your current status but hey, if it wasn't hard we wouldn't appreciate it at the end of the line.
That's one of the worst states, knowing where to invest but not having the liquid to do so, and then just watch other people moon and think damn, I could've been there, I knew it would moon.
I'm on the JS road, then Node and React, what about you? I saw your Q64 post but I reckon you might be into some other stuff as well.