Whatever you do right now, it almost certainly will not be what you do all your life.
A social commentator says: Set out to do the highest thing you can do, at which you would be most difficult to replace.
You're in a position to combine your talents in a project that requires total integration of all its parts. Whereas if several people were working on it, it might not be completed, or it would be done inefficiently.
Say, to build an artificial organ. Or improve an existing design.
To construct microbots and program them.
To do something spectacular with these recently discovered compounds such as graphene.
Etc.
There will be times you wish you didn't have to work for a boss. However if you run your own business, you'll have to administer a lot of things that are not what you enjoy doing. There is no easy solution.
Try to protect your work. At least for a while. This isn't always 100% feasible. Basically this means you should have a chance to profit from your efforts, before someone else does either with your permission or without it.