Career Blunder & Recovery Advice

Hi WSO-

I am just wrapping up 2 years of MBB followed by 2 years of LMM PE in a Tier 3 city. I have an advanced degree from a top target in a topic that has exploded in popularity over the past year, which I feel I have completely wasted by following the career path I did.

I see 4 possible options ahead of me, and would like to solicit feedback here on anything I may be missing, as well as what the WSO community thinks is best in my situation:

1) Recruit for a bigger PE firm in a better city (unfortunately I've only gotten 2 lateral interviews over the past year despite my deal experience, probably because I made the mistake of going to a no-name LMM)

2) Transition to a hedge fund (3 total interviews over ~6 months of recruiting for these; thinking I may have better luck at pods?)

3) Grind LeetCode to try and move back to software engineering, since I did internships in this area during college (I find it demoralizing since I'll be stuck in the same roles with 22-year old new grads)

4) Study hard for quant type finance roles and try to pivot that way (this seems the most plausible due to past internships) - obviously I have zero chance at the top prop shops, but I would imagine a mediocre sell-side quant role or a data science role at a buyside shop might be doable?

Would appreciate WSO's view on this situation, particularly if anyone has made a move into a quantitative role in the past. On a related note, for options 3 and 4, how do you go about not getting rejected the moment they see your resume? Thanks!