It sounds like you haven't tried to get an engineering job, you just assume you can't. Right now is probably one of the best times to get into software engineer

It sounds like you haven't tried to get an engineering job, you just assume you can't. Right now is probably one of the best times to get into software engineering since the demand is so high. I suggest applying to a bunch of interesting-looking jobs. The worst that can happen is that they say no.