You should not feel social pressure over having traditionally "nerdy" interests. 10's of millions of people have played WoW over it's 15 year run and I suspect

You should not feel social pressure over having traditionally "nerdy" interests. 10's of millions of people have played WoW over it's 15 year run and I suspect a large number of software engineers that were exposed to the original game as teenagers are enjoying playing classic now. You shouldn't feel like you need to beat yourself up for not having some version of "normative" interests or not aligning with what you see others doing. Finally, always keep in mind that people are generally far too worried about their own lives to dissect yours. You say you feel discomfort telling people you are a software engineer? Have you ever considered that the sports fans and netflix watchers first reaction to hearing that might be "damn, I wish I had my shit together enough to learn a valuable professional skill like satokema has"