Is it too late to enter this field as a 24 year old? Im beginning to realize my current field is a dead end and that I made the stupid mistake of following my dream to be a zoologist. Im just about to graduate so there’s no point in NOT getting my degree but I plan to jump ship once I have that certificate in my hand

Ive only taken JS and python courses; made some data sorting algorithms that could predict if wine was red or right by its contents, and did not much else.

I know im going to be competing with people who have been doing this stuff since they were preteens. Is it something i can pick up in months?

My greatest weakness is that I look at others and their paths in life and think 'why didn't I do that?'. I'll look at a famous Hollywood director and think "why didn't I try filming my own movies?"
An videogame designer and think "why didn't I push myself to learn to code?"
I've even looked at Jeffrey fucking Epstein and thought "What should I do to be what he was" (Minus the pedo shit).

I barely have any direction in life to the point where I don't know where my passions lie anymore. I also find myself lacking the motivation to explore. It's like that freshly out of highschool self with aspirations and dreams died right after covid hit and I haven't been the same since. Now all I do is look at the success of others and jump to "why haven't I done what they have done?"

My immediate plan is to first catch up with most other people in life; get a drivers license, build up discipline, fix my mental state of mind. I just feel sad that its taken me this long to finally give myself the wakeup call to change