Oh that’s a tough one.
Is switching back to your first love an option? Yes it would be another three years but you have your entire life ahead of you and two extra years might be totally worth it.
Is there a way that, if you finish your current program, you can use the knowledge and skills to branch out into something else...kind of use it as a stepping stone to something you’d enjoy more?
I’m not sure how old you are but I think it’s ridiculous to expect 17 and 18 year olds to know what they want to do with the rest of their life. They say the average person will go through three major career changes in their life. I’m almost 45 and just went back to school last year. I didn’t want to waste a tonne if money at 17 when I had no idea what I wanted to do with my life.
If you finish this program can you take a year off and go travel, or maybe look into opportunities in other countries?