You don't necessarily need to talk to a lot of people with that background. It's a pretty broad degree. You can work for think tanks, NGO's, teach, go to law school, government services, write policy papers, etc. Your bullet point, "There are very few people who have a tech background in politics" hits the nail on the head. If you do decide to switch to Political Science, I would definitely maintain and continue to learn CS, data science, or data visualization software because that is what will separate you, in a big way, from your average political science graduate. You sound very international focused so think about what job will give you the best prospects to be able to convince a company to go through the trouble of hiring a foreigner (if that is a path you are interested in). I would guess the vast majority of those jobs are in the STEM fields, not political science. You would be shocked at how bad at math/statistics many political science graduates are. Your written English is already very good, so that will help you, and I assume you also speak Arabic, another plus. I studied Political Science and History in College and enjoyed it but lacked any kind of focus. I went back to graduate school and studied urban planning after traveling in Europe and Asia and seeing how shitty American cities are and wanted to improve them. Now I work with public transportation systems in the U.S, which requires both an understanding of culture, politics, with data analysis, data visualization, and statistics. I really don't need to talk to clients that often, mostly my colleagues. And lastly, a bit of life advice. One year of your life at 23 is not wasted. I'm not that much older at 35, but by my age you will realize how fast a year goes so don't let that hold you back if you want to change direction in your life.