Nice! I don't know you from a can of paint, bruh, so I'm not coming at you personally.
Why do you want to get into the field? Do you like solving problems, tinkering or are you looking at this for a money bag? Only you know the answer.
I struggled with maths early on so make sure you have solid math skills then you should enter "The Matrix".
The Matrix I'm talking about is understanding the system from an abstract place and not system specific. The realities are opposite from the everyday world to real system administration. On the consumer side, everyone is Team Apple or Team MS. In The Matrix those two teams take a backseat to real computing.
I've worked at IBM and Dell and if you don't understand FreeBSD, HP-UX, AIX and Linux, you're simply not going to make it. Linux is everywhere now and if you don't have a Linux box yet, you are far behind the curve already. It may sound corny but you need to have that adventurist spirit in the field to be equipped for real world problems in real time.
Facebook uses Linux, Netflix uses FreeBSD because nobody does networking like FreeBSD, not even Linux. The money is out there and getting certified is not easy as
@Jay said, but it will be worth it.
I am a Red Hat Certified Engineer, I maintain a Linux kernel for my in-house projects and I am a Swahili translator for the GNOME Desktop Environment (Which is a complete mess right now).
I'd be happy to help you in any way that I can.
Amandla! and B1
One last thing, I saw this online and I thought it was interesting.
View attachment 717 I haven't had a Red Bull yet.
@Armie this is for you.