I'd rather code for a company than have to act as customer service. Don't think I'm going to last long as a jr sys admin
Guys I'm freaking out
Fuck you. I can't find a system or network administrator job period.
Learn how Apache works. Learn the basics of networking. Those two things will get you the furthest in the leash amount of time
Ok H
First, read this introduction to Linux guide, you'll then understand the filesystem, the permissions and some other basics:
tldp.org
Feel free to skip stuff you already know.
Then you need to learn a scripting language, it could be high level like ruby or python, but most people use bash, because that's what comes with 99.9% of Linux systems:
tldp.org
There are also user styles to make that site look not like shit.
Buy a Raspberry pi, or use an old laptop/PC and set up a mail/irc/xmpp/whatever/minecraft server, so that it works even when you connect outside of network.
Do you have any certs in anything?
This thread again.
install gentoo