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SAP ABAP or FICO

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Hi,

First of all i'm new to this community.

I just completed my graduation(2010 Engg. passout) and got recruited by an organisation.There i got trained in SAP-ABAP and i'm now clear with the concepts although i have never worked in a ABAP development project.But,I did one mock project.

Its 2 months now.I dint get any chance to work in a project.But,yesterday i got a call, and they gave me an oppurtunity to work in a development project.

Meanwhile,they r also giving me an oppurtunity to shift my carrer towards functional side.I have been given an option to learn SAP-FICO in the organisation itself.They said it wud b like a 4 months training with hands-on experience and domain training.And that too i ll b trained along with MBA graduates.They are assuring me with a project a proj as soon as i complete the training.

Which one should i choose?

Get into implementation project as technical consultant or

should i go to attend tat SAP-FICO training and become a functional consultant?

Since i'm new to this SAP world,its quite confusing.

Your valuable feedback will help me to choose a right carrer.

Thanks & Regards,

Raja

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Former Member
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Hi raja ,

Good day .

I want to learn SAP FICO although i am from a different ERP back ground with financial implementation experince .

do market or hiring companies need a finance degree to go for SAP FICO certification ?

advise me .

Thanks,

bhareth

paul_bakker2
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Hi,

From my own perspective (10 years as an ABAP developer), programmers are quite common, but a good FI-CO analyst is a rare bird indeed.

If you feel you have a talent for financials, you should definitely go in the FI-CO direction. You will never be short of work!

But you said you graduated as an engineer, soisn't ABAP more your interest..?

cheers

Paul Bakker

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Hi Paul ,

Thanks for your reply .

Starting from my first implementation i was a customer facing guy & i was admired by the way a functional consultant plans, designs and oversight of constructing the solution.I got practised myself to propose a solution or work around/gap fits in the product during my ERP implementations,I like speaking with business people which give us a lot of ideas in a broder scope

Of course a technical consultant is a heart of a project without which any project will not sucess.

But Paul can you please advise me is it worth paying a hugh amount to seimens to get trained?

Thanks,

bhareth

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Hi,

If you've got talent and interest in it, then go for it! Enthusiasm, talent and training are magic combinations.

It doesn't really matter what Siemens is charging, you will make it back 100 times over.

Here in Australia, SAP training courses cost 5000 USD per week! I have happily paid that out of my own pocket, and it is worth every penny (except for a few rare cases).

good luck

Paul

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Thanks paul .

Really appreciate your replies and motivtaion .

BTW this forum is good for a beginner like me

Thanks,

Bhareth