What is the difference between a systems analyst and an IT architect?

Question

Career in IT

I would like to choose a profession for myself for the future and found 2 interesting professions.
The question is, what do both these professions do?
On my own behalf, I want to say that I really like to sit for hours and write codes and design them, but I don’t really like doing such work as speaking and excel
Help so that I can start preparing for a particular profession in advance without wasting personal time
Thank you in advance for your answer!

Answer 1

System analyst - designs the process of information processing at the level of several systems. That is, it plans and determines the entire process of data transfer between them, predicts channel loads, etc.
Architect (IT) - designs a solution for information processing, but already within the framework of one single system for subsequent coding of the logic of the architecture within this system. This requires a more complex (lower) level than that of a systems analyst, because this is the last level of abstraction before actually writing the code.
To summarize:
For large projects, a systems analyst is always needed. For any - always need an architect.

Answer 2

there are no vacancies on the market for these junior positions.
You can move to these professions from other professions, such as Developer or Analyst.
Therefore, before preparing for the profession of an astronaut, it would be desirable to become just a pilot for a start.
In addition, both a systems analyst and an IT architect require logical thinking, the ability to search for information and analyze it. And you can’t or haven’t even tried to find ready-made answers. So don't hesitate just yet. I don't like Excel - it's very sad. It is a good tool, it should not be liked, it should be used if it is convenient to use it.
Without speeches, it's pretty hard to be an architect.

Answer 3

The system analyst analyzes (who would have thought) the task and draws up technical specifications for development, so as not to waste the developer’s expensive time on researching the subject area, according to the received documentation, testers still immediately prepare test plans (or whatever they have) before the developer writes all code.
Sometimes a system analyst can combine the role of a business analyst - then he still communicates with the customer (if there is one) He is
not aware of an IT architect, he has never seen such a role or position (even without the IT prefix, because everyone needs knowledge of architecture developers)
If you like to write code and think over the most correct solution, go to the developers.