I have a few questions as I want to find out all I can about this career field 
before I put my time, effort, and money into it.

1) There is a passage from the fourth edition of Unix and Linux System 
Administration Handbook (Evi Nemeth, et al) that goes as follows: "Sysadmin 
burnout is  rampant.  Most administrators last only a few years."  (page 1196,  
second paragraph).  Would you tend to agree or disagree with this  statement?  
If you disagree, why?

1A) What is the career path for a systems admin, i.e., where does one progress 
from admin duties?

2)  What do you see in your crystal ball for employment opportunities in  the 
Phoenix metro area,  say in 2012, for someone who has taken the six CIS courses 
(126, 226,  238, 239, 240, & 271) at MCC and has a couple of certs, e.g., the 
Linux+ and a Red hat under his belt?

Background  info: I have B.A., B.S. and M.S degrees from ASU though none is in 
IT;  the B.S. is in supply chain mgt., the M.S. is in information mgt., both  
those degrees are from the business college.   I am not working in IT at the 
moment but am currently employed in  healthcare in the materials mgt. area.  I'm 
looking to do a more  interesting type of work than what I do now and have 
always enjoyed the computer programming classes (C++ and VB most recently) that 
I have taken at MCC.

Thanks very much for your thoughts.