Have I chosen the wrong career path?

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If you like music, then you could still make use of your degree.

- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_software
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_audio_workstation
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electronic...instrument

You might consider getting some experience
by contributing to open-source projects.

- https://lmms.io
- https://www.audacityteam.org/about/
- https://wiki.python.org/moin/PythonInMusic

There are jobs that involve listening to music:

- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Audio_engineer
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Record_producer
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Live_sound_mixing
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disc_jockey
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radio_personality
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Audio_restoration