If you want to be a node runner, that's cool but it's important to be clear about the risks. You are running an always-on hot wallet with your keys exposed to the internet. In addition to getting hacked, you run the risk of losing money due to channel force closes, hardware failure, and software bugs. You can't earn any significant yield as a pleb node runner so it's basically all downside. And if you don't have serious technical chops it will be a very frustrating uphill battle.

The lone upside is that you will learn a lot of valuable skills the hard way. You might be able to parley them into a job if that is your goal. If that is not your goal, save yourself a whole lot of trouble and use phoenix wallet or minibits. Minibits is custodial so keep your balance low to limit the downside of getting rugged. Phoenix is amazing and self-custodial but unavailable in US app stores thanks to the overzealous chaps in the regulatory apparatus.