Switching to sap from non sap

[Former Member]

Hi every1,

could any1 help me guiding  switch to sap from non sap

i am working as a consultant in bmc remedy and recently to service now

both are IT infra support tool

looking for a career change now

thinking of moving to any sap tech with development portfolio

but doesnt know much

so would be great if any1 can guide me on this

thanks

ravi

[Former Member]

just a small update

have worked in bmc remedy tool not in bmc

[Former Member]

You don't mention if you're a programmer or functional remedy consultant. If you're a programmer, then the logical step would be to learn ABAP or SAP JAVA. If you've been on the functional side, then you should research SAP Solution Manager as SolMan has a great deal of overlap with Remedy. (Change management, service desk, etc) You'll have to learn how to do it in SolMan, but you should already have the concepts and experience.

Hope this helps!

Best regards,

  --Tom

[Former Member]

Thanks Thomas for the prompt reply ; yes i am in development  and was looking into abap yesterday - do u mind telling me that if learning abap could land me getting a sap job in any module of it or is it into something specific and since i do not have any experience in this - would they consider my previous experience ; how important it is to get the certification in this regard ; hope i am not bothering you with too many questions

[Former Member]

ABAP is universal in SAP, so you're not restricted to writing code for one module or component. Assuming that your current job is programming in some other language, then yes, your previous experience will count for something.You'll need to learn ABAP and relate what you've done with Remedy to what you might do in SAP, but I could see someone hiring you for an entry level ABAP position based on previous non-ABAP work if you spin it well.

Certification is typically a mid-career booster, but in your case, I think it's more important. You can talk about programming intelligently and the certification will tell your potential employer that you've learned enough ABAP so that you can make the connections between whatever language you were using before and ABAP.

If you're somewhere in Asia Pacific,you'll need to track down an Authorized Training Partner from this list, http://www.sap.com/asia/services/education/centres/partners.epx . You'll probably be studying this curriculum, https://training.sap.com/us/en/curriculum/nw_abap_dev_us-development-associate-professional-abap-wit.... Click on the boxes to get a list of the topics that will be covered in each class. If the concepts look familiar, then you should be fine.

Hope this helps!

Best regards,

  --Tom

[Former Member]

Awesome response ; just what i was looking for

thanks a lot Thomas ; appreciated thoroughly ; pleasure talking to you

[Former Member]

Former Member gave me the exact response i was looking for - great suggestions - thanks to Thomas