Pros and Cons of various career paths [closed]

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What are the advantages and disadvantages of various career paths within CS? By a path I mean something like:

Web Development
GUI Development
Sys admin/DB admin/network admin
Security (maybe should be grouped with sys admin)
Programming back end (like a C programmer)
Algorithm Development heavy programming

And any other you think should be in this list.

What are the various areas in which each of these professions excels, or lags?

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