So I recently graduated with a degree in mechanical engineering (with internship experience, school projects, etc). It was kind of my pipe dream of pursuing my automotive interests (I still haven't given up) but things haven't worked in my favour. Living thousands of kilometers away from the closest automotive manufacturing market in Canada and graduating from a mediocre school definitely didn't help.

Another big passion of mine was software programming; I really enjoyed it in my first year and did really well in the entry level coding courses. I did a lot of C/Python/Matlab programming during my internship and have some personal Arduino projects.

So I guess it's no surprise that most of the jobs I've been applying to are not the traditional 'ME' jobs. Honestly I've probably applied to more Software engineering jobs than mechanical, which is stupid. So that brings me to my dilemma: I feel if I had a software engineering degree I would have so many more options in terms of jobs and opportunities, especially those that I would enjoy.

Would it be worth it to spend another 3, possibly 4 years in school pursuing a software engineering degree? Or can I do work on my own to tailor my resume to more software related jobs (self taught programming etc). The thing that bothers me the most is that I feel as though my experience and knowledge from mechanical engineering would almost be useless if I swapped to software.

I guess I just feel a little hopeless right now and would love some advice or guidance from those who have been in a similar position as me.

Thanks all!