It is not that an aspiring EE switches to become a lawyer. EE is often a special kind of software development. Switching to a "software" job often enough doesn't deeply mean a change of proffession. You are still an engineer (at least in the interesting software jobs).

And it is not about "hustling to make the most money the quickest way possible", if you switch to a company which pays a lot better for a similar job. And as a lot of those jobs are located in expensive places, an engineering salary doesn't easily pay for a nice house or any house at all.