Here's how I became interested in Software Engineering:
During lock down I picked up an inexpensive Raspberry Pi & Arduino kit. I spent every day in the Summer of '20 teaching myself a little bit about microelectronics, embedded coding and the Command Line.
With every successful program written I got some confidence and eventually applied to software engineering programs, graduated, and received a 5-month internship at a biotech company building data-driven apps. I'm currently looking for a permanent job as a Software Engineer.