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I would say only saddle yourself with the debt if you're passionate about it. Else, do a coding bootcamp.
I was able to get a great FAANG position just on what I was self taught, fwiw. But that's because I'm super passionate about a number of aspects of tech.
I took a Python boot camp and did well. But it seems being above average at Python isn't quite enough to land even an entry level job now.
Probably not, programming languages are just tools usd to do jobs. If you like databasey bits you could look at backend work, you'd need to know some SQL like Postgres or MySql. Postgres has a pretty good tutorial on their site here.
If you do go down that route I'd pick up a front-end language as well. JavaScript, HTML and CSS are what you're after. When you've got the basics of those down learn whatever frameworks popular in your area. Probably React or Nextjs.