Thank you. Your breakdown and responses to various sentences in my post has been much helpful.
I stand by my statement. I am a computer geek. This isn't the 90s anymore where being a "geek" meant you were an expert in something. Being a geek now just means you love something. And I do. I love computers. Have been messing with them since I was 4 years old. So yes, as a computer geek, as someone who absolutely loves computers and technology in general, I would like to take that love and turn it into a career.
And yes, perhaps "make" was the wrong word. I know how to build a computer from scratch. For you to say that I don't because I don't know how to make actual circuit boards is insane. If you're telling me that there are actual people building actual working computers made from components manufactured in their own personal factories then you're basically telling me that every person whose put their own computer together has a factory in their garage to assemble every single piece. No, I know how to build a computer from scratch, much in the same way everyone else who would ever say that phrase means it.
Yes, my Testout Certification is not a real certification. I'll assume you've done your research and you know a lot more than me based on the tone of your responses. But it does give me something that says I at least know the basics. It gives me something that says I know the basics and am equipped to expand my skill set in this field. And after doing some research after /u/Jeffbx pointed me in the direction (which tbh if I'd read the wikis like I was supposed to in the first place he wouldn't have had to), I found out that the Testout cert actually does prepare me for the 220-801 and 220-802, which is what I've decided I'll go for next.
And for you to say that my job isn't below me, I'm going to make a few assumptions. I'm going to assume that you came from the exact same background I did. I'm going to assume that every job you've ever worked in your life has only been because you had to pay bills. I'm going to assume that you've never had someone tell you should be happy with the job you have because you at least have a job. Therefore, I'm also going to assume that you've never looked at yourself, asked yourself if the job that you were in right now is the only job you're capable of doing, because that's what everyone else in your family has ever done. And I'm also going to assume that you answered that question and told yourself "Yes. The job I'm currently in is the best I'm capable of. Even if staying in this job means I will always live paycheck to paycheck like everyone else in my family has always have, I should be content because I'm capable of going no further." So with that, I'm going to assume that you're still working at Best Buy, and the nose technical thing you've ever done is help fix someone's phone because they ran out of memory and "they can't get the RAM to start up again." And again, I'm assuming you're totally content with this, because you're capable of nothing more, and you don't plan on having any other goals in life, because no one else has ever expected anything more from you. If I'm wrong in any of my assumptions, please feel free to correct me.
The problem I've been having, and the whole point of my coming to this subreddit, was the fact I don't know exactly how much I don't know. I don't know how people start in this field when they basically have no formal experience but an eagerness to learn. I don't know how what else I could doing besides working towards a degree, which I'm told is NOT enough. So I figured I would come here, to this subreddit filled with absolutely tons of people who know WAY more than I do, to get some answers and general guidance. That's not people who know it all would ever do.