How did you decide the career path you took?

I hated people and I was broke so I ended up joining the army to kill people.

Then after I got out of the army I was still broke so I went to college.

I leveraged being a veteran and my degree to be an engineer in the defense industry. Once I got the first defense job I always tried to stay in this engineering defense industry in general. The opportunities then just stacked over 5 years to where I am today.