There's a reason it's not talked about.
Yes, it happens, but it is the exception to the rule. It is making your life harder and it is by no means guaranteed. To suggest someone that they enter a career which they do not want and might then be stuck in for 20yrs... it generally doesn't end well.
The poster could try that route, but it is making his life far harder than it needs to be. Unnecessarily so, too.