Their older children all became doctors, but their youngest son chose/followed a different (career) 'path'.
His friends all went to college, but he chose to 'follow' a different path. [=to do something different]
He believes the average consumer is being 'led down the garden path' by the promises in advertisements.
(..) Why such a sudden interest in the slave, my lord? Shall we say an English passion... for converting the wicked to the paths of righteousness? Well, you're not in England now. And you never will be... unless I draw maps of England for your father. All right. (..)1958 The Vikings