I'm with you on the whole 'feeling like a failure'. I quit my Higher National Diploma in Computer Programming, it was only a two year course and I didn't even complete the first year to get a Cert.
I blame the college more than anything, as it wasn't the best of colleges, but my attitude was also to blame. Not in a negative sense, but the whole, 'this isn't for me' sense.
Although my own father was the one who pushed me to get into Programming, I actually wanted to be a mechanic! Haha!
Oh, and welcome to Steemit! :)