I've done the reverse - I would recommend studying engineering, but I would not recommend the job market for physical engineering. I studied Engineering Scienc

I've done the reverse - I would recommend studying engineering, but I would not recommend the job market for physical engineering. I studied Engineering Science with Computer Science, did some Electronic Engineering before focusing on software. Studying diverse fields of engineering is intellectually stimulating and creates lots of transferrable skills (Who knew all that math I learned makes learning ML easy?). You will be open to jobs both in physical and software engineering + It's harder to be self-taught in physical engineering. ..Just be aware the job market for physical engineering is orders of magnitude smaller than software engineering. You will have less choice and lower pay. Most of the smart engineers I know with degrees from good schools ended up in software.