ok take me as an example
from primary school till secondary school , i loved computing and made myself busy by software engineering and especially reverse engineering ( 6 years), SOOOO i went to management institute and studied business automation and management ,SOOOO i was lucky and found my suitable job as VIDEO (FILM AND NEWS ) EDITOR , and in part time i work as technical support
my advice to you is: as you started thinking this way you are at the first steps of practical life , find something you want to be commited to and dont be ME