I'm not as much of a computer nerd as I used to be. I was all over the Microsoft products for a minute there, working as a system administrator and computer security guy. I chased the certs and even got a BS in Information Systems Security to help secure a future in the field. 
Things change though, priorities change, and sometimes we have to make adjustments just to make sure we're really happy on our path.
That was me, there was a time when I was excited about the work, but the more time I spent in audit files, reviewing logs, and verifying configurations the less shiny the whole thing became.
It didn't help at all that I had already discovered improv and acting. I was part of an improv team. I was performing in plays, and I discovered that I was way more interested in stepping on stage, or in front of a camera, than hanging out in a server room. 
I didn't see that coming.
Maybe I should have, I was reminded recently that I was working on my craft in the '80s. I was a clown on mid-shifts, I think improv has always been in my blood, I just didn't have an outlet for it. Ironically my family came from Chicago, if I'd grown up there I might have figured it out a lot sooner.
But, here I am, a SAG-AFTRA member since '22, settling in for a zoom update on the contract changes and then off to an Improv Jam tonight. And I have to jam a self-tape in there somewhere. 
This is the life.