Find my way? More like noticing it was “found” when I looked back along the road I’d followed (if that makes any sense). All I did was work hard and try to find something better at each stop along the way.
The short version:
Age 16-17: Worked for landscaping crew mowing lawns; Met folks who were doing contract work for the town.
17-18: Used savings (from above) to buy old city truck at auction; Got a contract with the town (see folks above) for small water line and pipeline repair. Met lots of drivers and such while working on city lines.
18-21: Got hired at freight company (see drivers above) to unload and wash trucks at night. Eventually moved up from loader to sorter to full time truck driver. Delivered to lots of interesting places like oil fields. Visited with highly paid workers there and learned about jobs in that industry.
22-26: Finally got hired in the oilfields, using info and connections(see above). Worked up thru various jobs, welder’s helper, deckhand, and eventually offshore crane operator. I’m now approaching the 6-figure income range, but met scientists/petro-engineers/geologist raking in dough like I’d never heard of. Saved most of the money made during these years and enrolled in a southern university’s geology program. Very crowded geo courses and difficult to get the required classes. Took Comp Sci courses to fill the time (thought it would be a good minor).
Age 27: Still trying to get in junior level Geo courses; but somehow I’ve finished all the compsci, and have moved into circuit design, OS theory, and have even completed a couple of UI and database systems for college library. Also teaching flying in the college aviation program by now. Finally wised up and took the CompSci degree (had all the hours anyway) and started interviewing with big aero companies.
Age 27-36: Have a few years under my belt with a big manufacturer, and hung out my own shingle. Worked as individual contractor doing software for most of the majors (Lockheed, General Dynamics, Sperry, McD, Honeywell, Boeing). Lots of times I got to write the software and test it in their simulators (I’ve got over 1000 hours of F-16 sim time, and a few hundred in various airliners) 
Age 36: Decide we’ve moved enough, accepted a permanent offer from one of my contracts and finally settled down. I guess I actually had my real grown up job and career at this point.
I’m almost 60 now and contemplating retirement. I guess I finally “found my way”, but I wasn’t aware of it until I stopped and looked back.