I got into system administration because it was the closest thing to a day job I thought I could do without going postal in about three months. The money is nice too.
I haven't programmed anything more complicated than a shell script with a condition in twelve years.
My real superpower is my Jobsian Reality Distortion Field. I have the power of Bullshit to such a degree that people are inspired to work to make it not bullshit. I need to find a cult of suitable moral integrity to start. One that pays a livable income. That's my current quest. Being able to work computers and tell them how to do things needs to be pressed into the service of that.
(*pint* to
hirez for inspiration.)