i m confused for which field to choose system admin or software developer?

Question

I m computer Engineer 2010 graduate and i m confused for which field to choose system administrator or software developer. both fields are interesting , but which one is better than other(learning & income). can anybody from IT Professionals help me ?
I am fresher so what i have to do if i want to go for system administrator/Engineer before going for certification like MCSE,CCNA etc....

Best Regards

Answer 1

Congratulations for your graduation, Anas !



Choosing a right field depends upon your field of interest. If you are interested towards Software programming or your are aware of Programming languages like MS.Net. Java.... etc...you can select the programming field but if you are more interested towards system administration part then you can go for System administration. If you looking for good salaried job then you should go for Software development as this one of the highest paid profession in IT. But one thing i would like to mention that you need to be perfect in programming and at the initial stage you wont be getting good salary in software programming. After getting an experience of at least 2 years, you will be paid good package. As far as system administration is concerned, i doubt that you will be able to find that position in the job market as system administration is much easy when compared to Software development so mostly you wont find job offers for system administration.

I would suggest you to go for Software development side if you are aware of basics of C, C++ And frankly speaking i dont have much information about SAP so i could not suggest you anything about that.



If you want to join Software programming, then i would recommend you to join the course for Microsoft .Net programming language or you can go for Java.

And if you are interested towards system administration you can go for MCSE as well as Microsoft Exchange server 2007 as this will be an added advantage for a system administrator.



CCNA is required if you want to go for computer networking field. But most of the companies are looking for CCNA also as it is now considered as a basic requirement for any IT field.



So for you, its now a very long way to go. All the best for your future.

Have a nice day.



By the way, Im also an IT professional.

Certifications: MCITP, CCNA, ODBA (Oracle DataBase Administrator)

Courses: Nortel Contact Certer, Cisco Unified Call center Express, MS.Net, Java, Complete Linux system and network administration, Telstrat Engage.

Answer 2

If you choose software developer field then you must have good knowledge of software courses like c,c++,java etc if you chose system admin field for this also you must have good knowledge of networkin, os trouble shoot,ccna etc n when we talk about income we will get some what less compare to software so finally my suggestion is to learn courses like java .net in good institutes

Answer 3

ya go for java is kewl to learn u'll enjoy it with ur studys

Answer 4

software developer is much better your payscale is better