/sci/ - Science & Math

Is it true that coding is gonna be blue collar work?

Personally, I would like to learn to code, but also go beyond that and become prodigious. I've never been good at math though, but I'm an introvert, who can do research on his own. What is the easiest way to starting learning computer science without a degree? I don't want to be a code monkey, I want to actually understand why certain things work the way they do.
t. ex-chemfag who is now in sales