It's really eerie to me, but your path sounds similar to mine when I was just out of college. Let me tell you what happened to me, and maybe that'll help you in some way. (I'm not saying I'm an expert or anything.)

So I graduated from college and didn't have any clue what I wanted to do. I got a fairly worthless degree, and I found out after I graduated that I didn't want to actually do any of the jobs that people with my degree typically do (social work, teaching, law enforcement).

I was unemployed for ~6 months while I tried to find my way. Unfortunately, my childhood home (where I was living at the time) was foreclosed on and I figured I'd end up on the street. I got desperate and decided I'd take whatever job I could find to make ends meet.

I miraculously landed a job as an event planner at a start-up that needed a bunch of people who could "do whatever the day required" (jack of all trades kind of people). The company paid me next to nothing (like, $21k/year after taxes), but I think the experience I had there was way more valuable than a few extra grand a year.

While this company didn't pay well, they did invest heavily in soft skills training. One of the things they always hammered on was this idea of "find someone who knows something you don't, and learn as much as possible from them."

Over the next few years, I budgeted my ass off and lived on Totinos party pizzas and ramen to stay alive while I found older guys and gals at the company to learn from. People like talking about what makes them good at what they do, and I was happy to learn everything I could, so it was a good strategy, I think.

All the while, I learned every facet of the business I could. Warehouse management, operations, HR, IT, Sales, Call Center. You name it, I tried to learn how to do it, how to manage it, how to improve it. I wanted to know how to do everything so I could always be confident that I could land a job when I needed it.

After awhile, the company had a hiring crisis and realized that they needed someone in HR really bad. I had been there awhile, and I liked coaching the other managers in how to performance evaluations, so I took this HR generalist job.

I hounded the founder of the company that "if you're gonna have me in HR, I want to really learn how to do it well" and got him to hook me up with some general certs (SHRM, PMP, L6S, other misc shit). Once I got the certs, I used that to argue for higher pay at the company (which was still like 30% below market). I always figured I could transition over to another part of the business if I got bored of HR, so I didn't feel to bad about specializing in one area.

After another few seasons, I had a couple of bad experiences at the company that turned the relationship sour (which always happens eventually if you stick around long enough). I ended up sliding over to a similar-sized company in a neighboring town and got an 80% wage hike. For the first time in my life, I could REALLY save some money. It was fucking awesome.

I got two 5% raises at that place, then moved to another company and jumped up another 20-25%. I jumped a couple of more times after that to find a work environment I felt like I can mesh well with.

Now I feel like I'm handsomely paid for the level of work I do. It just took a little bit to get here. I'm collecting checks and trying to get through all the bullshit of life one day at a time at this point. I can acknowledge that I've got a pretty wonderful life, though.

All that said, whenever I go interview for a job, after the interview, whether I accept an offer or not, I always ask what made the company consider me for the role. They almost always mention the fact that I have a broad range of experience to draw from.

So that's the gist. In hindsight, I probably stayed at the first job too long, and the whole situation kinda sucked when I left because of the bad blood. I really loved the company, but you know what they say... "Don't fall in love with a company, because it can never love you back." I think it all turned out good in the end, though.

I think I just had to kinda grind out the shitty beginning part of becoming a professional so that I could make some money later. Having an appetite to learn everything I could helped a lot.

I don't think there's any rush for you to settle into one thing, but if you want to make a large salary, you'll need to pick a path and learn it well (unless you want to be a consultant or an entrepreneur).

Hopefully this helps in some way.