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I'd say that was a lot of what I was interested before I got into this. Car work, house stuff, fixing small appliances and machines. It really piqued my interest from a young age and that's still by and large true today.
Without getting on too high a soapbox here, I'll say that job opportunities for me have been plentiful in this career path, and I've gotten to work in a lot of different places. We even moved permanently from the US to the EU because of it.
I feel automation is more stable and more hands on than comp sci or software, but that comes with more in-office or field/plant work and less working from home or the beach. The actual work is a lot of PLC/SCADA/HMI stuff, lots of importance in understanding complex electromechanical systems and how they need to work. Of course, like any field, there's good and bad jobs in it. It does fit the way I like to think and work quite well though.
I think comp sci could be a good field too, like you said: depends on the niche. But it, like many other things, will be around in some capacities for a long time
That's pretty awesome that you were able to move to the eu, its good that you mention its the way you like to think because that's how I was thinking about it too lol.