Actually pretty cool.
I come from a long line of New England engineers and scientists, so alternate career paths did not really occur to me until much later in life. But, in retrospect, I think I would have been happier doing something with agriculture.
I’ve never looked into rice farming, but craft brewing, beekeeping, cider works, and other such things seem like very satisfying ways to make a livelihood.
It’s never too late to do a lot of these types of things, most of them can be done on a small scale at any age. ; )