Can I ask what field you went into?
I often end up either writing some piece of code or project managing people who do.
I also volunteer for emergency services as well. Nothing realigns your priorities quite like cutting someone out of a car at 2am because they just had to send an important text and ignored a tree that was somehow inappropriately planted 100 feet away from the road. The hilarity of dealing with cats with their heads stuck in a pipe lightens other occasions.