Just my experience : Java is tough if you can't grasp the object oriented language concept. You said you are not that much computer savvy , so might be a challenge. You can watch some initial video on you tube, there was a guy called thebostonguy , not sure . if you can make initial java program " hello world" and if it interests you go for it. If not there are other lot of it programs which is easy to learn and can interests you like SQL, LINUX, QA, BA and so on. If you are good on any one of those, then you can get similar paisa like Java, thing is if your work excites you and challenges you at the same time , good luck