Software Development or System Administration ?

Question

IT education

I am 15 years old and I want to go to a specialized IT school, there are three areas: design, programming and system administration. I rejected the design right away because it's not mine and now I can't decide what to choose, please tell me the pros and cons of these two sides and how things are in the IT world in general.

Answer 1

What kind of school?
On a subject - study on the administrator. You will not be left without work if you are a normal administrator, and then the roads are much more open.
But it is much easier for a developer to start a tractor. Therefore, if there is no desire to live in Russia, then it is better to go into development.

Answer 2

No one is stopping you from doing both. At one time I chose to go to the programmer or the iron worker. I chose hardware (programming was easy). Now I write both admin and programs (more often for myself). Now I think that I should have become a programmer... But it's never too late to change! Administration is more of a gain, but in programming, they still teach algorithms and other mathematics. Self-taught is harder.

Answer 3

There is enough programming in system administration. Sometimes programmers get carried away with system administration (for example, their own server for their projects).
System administration, a short branch, simpler, you can use template solutions, do the work according to the instructions. In programming, the development branch is huge, you need to invent more, think with your head (compose algorithms), endlessly study new technologies in large quantities, usually above the salary.