The document discusses the differences between IT and computer engineering programs in terms of programming. IT careers focus more on installing, maintaining, and improving computer systems and networks, while computer engineering uses mathematics to program systems to run more efficiently and also involves hardware design. Computer engineering students study both software and hardware, giving them more job opportunities than IT students, who only study software and not the inner workings of computers. The document provides examples of common programming languages and their varying difficulty levels, with C++ cited as the easiest and Java as the hardest.