[dsnuh]

Exactly. Most of these read as "I went into a different specialization of the same field".

Where is the engineer that just chucked it all and opened a donut shop? That's the level I want to know about. Most of these are just stories of people making lateral moves in the same industry.

[Tenobrus]

That's explicitly what this question is about though, the OP specifically says they want to know about lateral moves in the same industry.

[edgarvaldes]

That's because the opening line: "I'm not talking about switching professions at some point in your life"