Two part answer...

Are you really into aviation? If you're not at least a PPL, and cannot name numerous types of civilian or military airplanes the answer is probably no or unknown.

If you're really into aviation, then it might be a good fit. But there are so many uncertainties and variables in the career that I cannot recommend it unless you are a highly competitive individual and very young.

There is no certain path to success and there will likely be decade-long setbacks. When your golden opportunity arises, you want to be the best candidate available (you will be competing with others, maybe hundreds of others).

By the end of high school or college at the latest, you should know where you stand...good grades (3.3 or better), robust sports and/or extracurricular activity participation, no medical issues, and no legal or employer issues (other than a very few minor moving violations). Hopefully you'll have done some flight training and not had any fundamental issues with airplane flying. You also should have some mechanical/technical aptitude...work on cars/motorcycles, build computers, engineering/computer major, etc.

If you fall into those parameters and can keep up the good work and avoid checkride failures, it would not be unreasonable to pursue the career.

But anyone with legal issues, employer issues, bad grades (<3.0), training challenges/failures, health issues, lack of mechanical aptitude etc will be a "backburner" candidate when it comes to decent aviation jobs. You might get something eventually or you might even luck right into it early in the game. But there will be significant uncertainty over your career progression and you'll likely see other folks pass you by. I honestly wouldn't recommend taking the chance...too many folks get stuck in crappy aviation careers and end up regretting it. At this point I think there's simply too many variables to go into with anything less than the ideal package.

People will still try and some will have successful, satisfying careers. Many of those will tell you all about it here on APC. But the dropouts and those who got sidelined typically don't bother to come here and provide their insights.

As always the best path to the airline career is military aviation...there are many benefits (paid training, decent entry-level compensation) but one that's often overlooked is that you find out very early if you can hack. If you graduate from military training odds are high that you'll be competitive for a good airline job down the road but the same cannot be said for civilian training.