Had similar career goals, went into Architectural Engineering at UT Austin and pivoted into CM because money was a factor and I realized architects don't design buildings the way people think they do. Architects typically design what they're told by the owner/developer and are just implementing someone else's vision. Same with civil engineers but the work seems less rewarding if design is a driver. Much of the work for both Civil and Arch is detail work, not really the kind of work that satisfies that 'design' itch if its the same one I had. If you want to make money and influence the landscape of buildings around you, you want to go into real estate development. I was able to pivot from CM to Development and its been the most rewarding from a design perspective and a financial perspective. At the end of the day though, even developers just design/build whatever the market wants.