[jaclaz]

> I can't hit up construction, IT, healthcare, physics, retail, banking, and academic industries in a week to find out if I'm cut out for at least one of them.

Sure, but the hypothetical 30ish super-super-capable would have had roughly 5 years (not just one week) to find something better before starting brick laying, and this is the typical CATCH 22, if you are super-super-capable it doesn't take you 5 years to fail to find something.