Is a programmer harder than a network engineer?

Question

please my answer from my friends

Answer 1

You're comparing apples to oranges and filing them under peaches.

That's two completely separate career fields, as a result the differences will be drastic. For a programming career you need a degree in Computer Science. Some people in the networking field have CS degrees, but not all of them. However I've never met a programmer without a CS degree. But as you wish:
 you enjoy programming and can make a career of it, go for it. The financial return is bigger in the long run. With a CS degree you can clear $40k out of school. In the networking field you'll start out at the bottom, right around $30k if that.

Answer 2

The answer is yes. I am currently a system admin and network engineer. I'm learning programming now, it's harder. But everything is hard until you know how and then it's easy.