Entirely false. Many people allow themselves to be intimidated by child prodigies that they know. This website is full of them.

I'm in a similar boat to you, and honestly, there is a vast spectrum of work involving programming, that covers competencies all the way from very non-STEM creative folk fiddling around with code to make something look prettier, to the darkest depths of AI frontiersmen tirelessly challenging the boundaries of mathematics.

All are valid. Do something meaningful to you.