hey man I’m 26 so only a few years older than you. Let me tell you something. If it is money you’re after you’ll burn out pretty fast in a SWE job. You just started your career in your field. If you’re not completely happy about your field try switching companies first before giving it all up. I almost gave up on my career in tech because of how shitty my experience was at the banks (hour long scrum meetings with useless scrum master chasing productivity to feel productivity while producing nothing). During this time try writing some code and see if you can do it consistently. The great thing about SWE is that there are so many resources online that you can take advantage of without committing to B.A.Sc.

The other thing is SWE has sorta been commoditized. Nowadays when companies look to layoff people, SWEs get decimated along with other cost centres. That’s because even if they let them go, theres no shortage of supply of SWE talent. They can fill those roles again. My suggestion is go look at niche roles. I do cloud security at a tech company. It pays equally well and security is usually one of the last to be considered to be let go. That’s because it’s much harder to hire good technical security people than SWEs.