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Obviously things are going to be tough as a 50s junior developer, but it sounds like you are up for the challenge. And hey, we all have to do something with the time we are here. It might as well be something you enjoy, challenges be damned.

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I'd imagine by your 50s you'd have already learned the right attitude to succeed at anything: do the best you can, ask for help often and speak up right away when scope explodes!

This makes things easier, not more difficult.

Attitude is not the problem here, getting a job is. Few acquaintances of mine in their thirties also try to jump this developer bandwagon and it's very hard to get a junior position for them, because they are "too old" (of course, nobody says that directly). Actually, they started to get interviews only after had hidden years in their CVs (as per mine advice).

Which is quite funny when you consider many of us are using technology that is only a few years old and we are constantly told we shouldn't stop learning to have a career in programming.

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