Of course, I've never been in a hiring position and 99 times/100 I'd choose the person who learns quickly over the person who already knows.
I'm nervous that I won't look that great on paper, at least compared to recent Stanford grads and whatnot that are clearly more qualified. On paper, all I've got on them is that I'll work for cheap. I'm on of those people you kind of just have to meet, or at least I'd like to think so. If I can sit down across from someone, I'm confident I can make them excited to work with me.
At this point you can't compete with Stanford grads. The great thing is that there aren't that many Stanford grads (or mit, cmu, etc.) You don't even have to compete with them to get a decent job.
Worst case, work QA for a year in a position where you can code as part of your job, but you don't need to code to be hired.