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this is purely anecdotal.

i did the maximum number of STEM classes in high school simply to leave the doors open. then i did an Honours Journalism undergrad. then i did a post-grad animation diploma. then... i took some advice from a professor: "find a field that lets you do a little of everything you're great at - otherwise you'll keep skipping around."

so my career is graphic design. it's clearly related to the arts, but there's a math element to it and i get to work for a broad range of clients who all have differing priorities, messages and needs. how a project looks is sort of fun to do - but how it WORKS (communicating/organizing info/code) is the real joy for me. i get to problem-solve, write, draw, code, edit and translate all day long (except when i'm teaching my kid) - but if i had to suddenly switch to doing something else, i bet i'd like that, too. i'm really weird like that.