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CAREER IN SAP ABAP PROGRAMMING

hi, i am software professional with more then six years of experience in application development in vb,sql2000. i want to change my career into sap. is there any scope in sap abap programming?

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Hamzat57

Basis people seem to have more opportunities : Which is more profitable and has more longjevity as per career wise ? Functional or administration.
What kind of pay are we taking about in Socal ?

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The good thing about Basis is it is needed by any SAP installation. The bad thing about it is that it can be easily replaced. It does not required as much business functional knowledge. You can look on dice.com or computerjobs.com for SAP jobs to get an idea about salaries - probably anywhere from $40-100K. If you have experience and don't mind traveling, you can make more money doing contract work - especially in Basis. Programming or functional work requires experience in the specific modules that a company has. And you usually need to follow the projects. Many companies do an implementation and then don't need so many people when in maintenance mode. The key is to get experience. Find a company that is willing to train.

Which is more profitable? It all depends. You have to find the work. Programmers can do well if they have experience in the needed modules (ie. Financials, or Business Warehouse). Basis jobs are more common but can be less sticky since there are other basis people out there who can take over. At my former employer, they had a Senior Basis guy who really knew his stuff and got paid big bucks. After the implementation was over, he got laid off and the junior basis guy took over (he was good, just less experienced) at lower pay.