difference b/w software development and system adminstration

hi all,
i am new to this forum. i would like to know the merits and demerits of both software development career and system adminstration career. if any one knows the differencers in this fields plz reply , coz i have to decide which field i have to choose.

thank you..

re: difference b/w software development and system adminstration

Yeah, all fields are so far apart nowadays that in my opinion it's IMPOSSIBLE to know it all...

System Administration is one thing, scripting is included, but backoffice is another thing... exchange server, sms etc... new versions every month.

Programming is another thing, you have so much languages, assembly language, c++, c, java...

at the moment i guess that the programmers had their good times, i guess that with the new windows OS releases the need for admins wil increase, for a little while... because this SAN solution crap is taking us system admins our job...