Recover? You seem to be in pretty good shape. You know databases and how business intelligence works. Good. You’re almost there. I’m not sure if I’d tackle ML/

Recover? You seem to be in pretty good shape. You know databases and how business intelligence works. Good. You’re almost there. I’m not sure if I’d tackle ML/DL unless you have the chops for it (I don’t mean to discourage you, just saying becoming a SWE might be easier/quicker). However, there’s more tools at your disposal than ever before to guide you towards your software engineering/ML goals. One route would be to improve your engineering skills and land a job at a mature “startup.” Perhaps something boring, with good financials, and relatively few employees. Some might disagree with this next part: don’t aim for companies claiming to be doing ML/AI. You’re good with databases, so if your company lacks an ML engineer, get close to the data and try to add value—then continue this trend until you can do some meaningful ml tasks.