you probably have a fairly good shot at getting a junior developer role somewhere. you may not be competitive at getting a role at a highly prestigious top-tier

you probably have a fairly good shot at getting a junior developer role somewhere. you may not be competitive at getting a role at a highly prestigious top-tier employer who gets a huge number of fresh grad applicants, since such employers afford to be very picky -- but there are plenty of other software jobs out there with decent pay and tolerable working conditions where you can gain practical real world experience working in industry as part of a team on serious projects. submit job applications to a bunch of places. for each application and interview process there is a fair amount of variability and luck involved in the process generating a job offer even if you would be a strong fit for the role. i wouldn't pay money to 'pivot' --- get a job where you are getting paid to learn on the job as a junior engineer.