Looking For A Cheaper Alternative

For something related to ID, you can also choose to specialize and that will not be an unwise career move in this time where many traditional processes are shifting to a digital economy. For example there are courses on Coursera that will help you well on your way. To complement my ID background, I have always been involved with programming and now have shifted focus to 3D printing combined with generative design to produce otherwise impossible geometries. There is more and more demand for these specialties. Other great fields are robot programming and AI. You will not so much become a fixed team member overseeing product development processes and production lines but an expert/consultant on hire with deep knowledge and skills.