[mid-kid]

What you said here is a bit of a reality check to me, honestly. I'm in a similar situation as OP, where I took an interest in technology at a very early age, and am fairly competent with various things, to the point most of my family still thinks I do computer science despite having deliberately chosen to pursue a bachelor in Electrical Engineering, as I wanted to try "something else".

I'm aware some people go through various different careers to end up where they are, but my entire life I've just been sitting on the path laid out before me, making the occasional choice. Do I want geography as an optional course? Which of the bachelors from this list do I feel like trying today? That sort of thing. The available choices have always depended on how well I did in certain classes, and since I never really knew what I wanted to do after I graduated, I've never really tried going for specific combinations of grades so I could end up somewhere specific, nor tried looking outside for other things to do.

I genuinely don't know how other people do it. I'm not sure I really feel I have the energy and motivation to try a wide range of jobs, but even if I wanted to, I can't imagine how to even begin doing such things. I've been taught that careers are based on education and connections, and within that context, there's not as much radical mobility as you're describing.