<p>To answer your original question, back in the day, the classic thing for a bright person who was reasonably successful academically but had no particular passion for any subject to do was go to law school.</p>
<p>Astrophy, for heaven’s sake, pursue your intellectual passions and see where they lead you. Just be glad that they are more likely to lead you in the direction of money than the brilliant student of philosophy or French Literature.</p>