Software Development or System Administration?
Choosing between the two areas, a specialist with quite a lot of experience often can not decide where to direct his efforts. You should never think that admins cannot work as programmers. Yes, it is quite difficult to go from system administrator to programmer, but at the same time there is nothing impossible. The main professional qualities that a system administrator has are a fairly high analytical ability, flexibility, high concentration, resistance to stress, as well as the desire and ability to perform routine work. The administrator must also understand that he will have to work not only with the equipment and technology, but also with people, so the nature of the specialist must be communicative and tactful.