My experience entirely! As a science and engineering student I was drawn to the rules, laws and preciseness (precision?) of the STEM subjects. As I got into the 50's I began to take delight in European history and now I can't get enough of it. Yes, it takes a while to realize that we should exult in the 'crooked timber of humanity'.
I would add classical music and also traditional ("trad") Irish music to this. Parents would have had it on a lot when younger but not really in an annoying way. It was just there. Used to hate as a teenager but somewhere around the 20s it just all clicked and I love it. Probably listen to more of it than anything else.
