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am I silo'ing myself too early?

No.

The technology will change, the techniques will not.

SPL does nothing fundamentally different than bash or SQL – both of which are decades old.

How marketable is an Admin cert, and should I look at PS or being a dedicated admin somewhere when I look post-degree?

I've been doing PS of some sort for over a dozen years.

I absolutely love it.

However! It is NOT for everyone – you do need to have a certain cross-section of personality, technical skill, & temperament that just not everyone has. I would be more than happy to talk to you more about what's involved in PS Life™, if you like.

There are myriad roles available that utilize Splunk, though, to greater or lesser degrees. Professional Services is merely one. There's also fraud investigations. Business Analytics. Managed Service Providers. Technical Support. Industrial Automation Observability and Metrics. And probably another 100 you could come up with if you thought a little while 🙂