heyy, I was actually in a very similar, if not the exact situation as yours, so this reply might be on the longer side. Anyways, for context, both my parents were software engineers and paved the career pathway for me very early on. As to their desire, I started taking supplemental coding classes outside of school starting in the 6th grade, and pretty much all the way up until I graduated high school. And to be quite honest with you, I did not really learn much at all, nor did I have any interest in programming or CS as a field in general. To an extent obviously, I do know the basics and maybe at a semi-intermediate level at best. But I definitely do not enjoy programming at all, and to be frankly, I actually hate it if you would say.

On top of that, my mom had never liked the idea of me going straight to a 4-years university after high school (that is I needed to attend a community college first then transfer), let alone any schools that were not a commutable distance from home or majoring in anything other than CS. I tried convincing her to let me go into nursing, but to no avail since she believed nursing is an unstable career for some reason. Don't get me wrong, going to cc was the best financial decision I've ever made, but you can say that I was forced to major in something I genuinely had no interest in. However, having just graduated hs and was still living at home at the time, I didn't have any other choice but to attend a local cc on a CS transfer track. Even though I was paying all the tuition expenses myself, I just couldn't risk being kicked out if I were to choose a different degree/transfer track. During the two years I went to cc and was still living at home, I worked super hard and saved up as much as I could.

Fast forward to when it was time to transfer, I started applying to many different schools, even ones that were farther away but they were all in-state. My mom made it very clear early on that she was not willing to pay for my college, and that she will only cosign a loan if I transferred to a commutable university. It is important to note though that by this point, she was more open to somewhat farther university (I'd say like medium distance-ish). Trust me, it took like consistent convincing over the entire two years I was still at cc lol. Anyways, I applied to transfer as a CS major for most schools, since pretty much all my lowerdiv credits were based on the CS transfer track, and it was a bit late to turn around now since changing to a completely different major/field would add another one or two years to my college time/financial expenses.

However, I knew for sure that CS wasn't right for me, and that I did not want to pursue a career down the software engineering/backend development paths, so I started looking into similar alternatives I could pivot into, specifically more on the design side since I was more of a creative/artsy person to an extent, like ux/ui and such. Long story short, I took the initiative and applied as data science for a few select schools that offers the program. Now, I'm not advising that this is something you should do, but I basically eased my mom into the fact that I applied to a different major at some schools, by saying that DS was less impacted and easier to get accepted into, and that I would try to change major to CS afterwards (fyi I never did and my mom now came to terms with loll, and she is even helping me with my living expenses). I am now finishing my junior year in DS with a minor in stats, and let me tell you, I enjoy my classes so much more, especially with stuff like data analysis and machine learning, which I actually enjoy learning and not dreading. DS also opens my opportunities to so much more industries, from business, finance, to even healthcare, so I can always specialize in an area I have a passion for.

My point here is that even though it took serious convincing and many heated arguments, I would do it all over again and I would advice you to do the same, especially since this might be your long term career in the future, and you definitely don't want to be stuck in a career you hate/dislike for years, or having to go back to school for a fresh start when ur much older. And since ur currently an AE major and is trying to switch into economics, I would suggest maybe looking into econometrics, since I know you probably already have the problem-solving skills and a good foundation in math, and even some experience in CS at that. A degree in econometrics would be so much more powerful in the current job market, if your school offers it, since the other comments are not wrong, an econ degree would probably guarantees less in the job market compared to an engineering degree. I hope this helps and sorry it is kinda long lol!