SAP ABAP or SAP Functional???

[Former Member]

Hi all,

Im in SAP technical consultant since 16 months but i have observed that functional consultants have better prospects in career growth, im interested to switch to functional. Is this a right decision to switch to functional?

If yes, which module should i be traind in and any registered institute in bangalore providing the same.

And is it that only MBA candidates can go into functional?

And what will be my job profile after 2 yrs?? will it be SAP technical or SAP functional or SAP technofunctional and for which profile shuld i apply for?

Thanks in advance

[former_member13738]

Hi,

Both technical and functional has better career prospects. It depends on each person to which career path

he likes to take. If you are good at technical you should continue in the same. It is always better to be in

your strong area instead of moving to another area thinking of career prospects.

And to move to become a functional consultant you should have domain experience. It is not like

learning the technical things. You have to gain that through experience. With such a small experience of

16 months, i would say you continue for some more time there and learn the functional side of the

module that you are currently working on. If you move to the functionla side in same module, you

will be more comfortable. But if you are moving to a totally different module, domain experience

matters and the career prospects for you will be less with no domain experience.

And there is nothing like an MBA can only do functional. It is the domain experience matters, not really the degree.

And the profile after 2 years, you should decide which path to take. With the current profile , you will be a technical

consultant.

Regards,

Leon