I had the background for EE. Grew up around a bunch of HAMs and Motorola engineers, competed in FIRST, CS Olympiads, etc. Went to a great engineering school and then had my ass handed to me end of sophomore year. So I did the reasonable thing any 20yo would do and listened to my academic advisor. Who told me that "maybe EE, just isn't for you." Seeing the economic bottom fall out for engineers and CS graduates didn't help. So, in a state of panic I transferred to the CS program. I had to extend my graduation another year.
Career wise and financially, its worked out great. Even most of my EE friends didn't do much in EE after the first 5 years. Everyone just migrated to where the jobs were: Software development, IT, and Cybersecurity.