Just adding a short note. DD7 announced last night, at dinner, that she wants to be a quantum physist when she grows up.

And it took me back to my own interest in science at that age, though astrophysics was my "destiny".

I didn't even work in science, though my undergrad is engineering, just went right to Wall St. So whether you get to the coast or not, passions can change. Though there are the Darwins, who seem to keep on path from childhood.