[AnimalMuppet]

You now have something you didn't have before: two years of experience. That matters.

The first software engineering job is the hardest, because software engineering isn't actually the same as computer science. You wind up having to learn what software engineering is on the job. Now you have been there and done that, and you are considerably more employable as a software engineer than you were.

So don't lose heart. You managed to do it before, and you're in a better position now.