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on ‎2012 Jan 19 2:20 PM
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how old are you? do you think you still have a lot to know about SAP products or do you think there's nothing else you need to know?
I'm 29 and I only know about SAP BusinessObjects and just a little bit about r/3 database structure. And i guess there's a lot of things I have to learn about other SAP products
what about you?
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Hi Guys! Hows it going?
In my case, I've been working as a ABAP consultant since 2003, till now i've been trying to be updated, and here ( SDN ) is the best place to refresh our knowledge.
I've been noticed in my country ( Brazil ) the "olders developers" ( + 12 years ) are lazy. They're not worried about new improvements, technologies or anything else that they're have to study. Develop using O.O is the worst nightmare to them.
You don´t know how is disgusting to work with people like this. People that think they're the best. Whose describe themselves as Experts.
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Looks like the "spamming orgy" continues in this thread. Oh well.. There is always "Stop Watching Thread" button.
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Sometimes I feel like the more I learn the less I know. Not just with SAP, anything.
Perhaps learning just opens more doors that you didn't even know existed. And behind each door could be the whole another universe. So you thought you knew that much, but when you open the door, it's like - wow, I really know so little!
Age has nothing to do with that. I met many young people who knew a lot and many older people who knew very little. So we should not be "ageists", it's just wrong.
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Technologies change rapidly. This is the tough part of being an IT worker, especially if youu2019re a consultant, sort of disposable. Roll up sleeves and learn or else. Thereu2019s a will thereu2019s way.
@JB: u201Csmall town guyu201D was forced to turn into street fighter. Does it make more sense ?
Agree ! only survivors in SAP.
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Edited by: A. Povitz on Jan 20, 2012 9:25 PM
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@mho
first "hello world" basic program at age 13 on commodore pc (the things with green displays and tape drives)
Ahhh my first PC was an ATARI 800XL it came with that little TV --> Computer adaptor to hook it to the Tele. It was great... I remember waiting half an hour to load [M.U.L.E|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M.U.L.E.], one of the best multiplayer games.
Having said that I read somewhere that once you loose your ability to learn you risk becoming a "Project Manager".. haha
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Maybe we should start a new thread for "my first computer"
Btw, the commodores were my dad's, my own first computer was an Atari as well. Atari 520ST attached to a black and white tv, very compact pc for that time (must have been around 1987). One thing i liked a lot were the little "bombs" you got on the screen when it crashed ))
Cheers Michael
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SAP is like ocean which looks same even if more inflow is coming in.
Age doesnu2019t matter. Obstacles donu2019t matter.learning is the challenge and continuous process with SAP
2 years completed with SAP, at least 2 years required to master(know complete process) in One SAP product. thinking multiple products at a time, no idea, may be seniors will answer
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There is two kinds of knowledge in computer science:
- basic / theoretical knowledge
- technical knowledge
The basics did not change much in the last two decades. You still attack problems very similar disregarding of the programming language for example.
With technical knowledge, i mean knowledge on the latest product or programming language. This constantly changes, if you have learned C or Pascal 15 years ago, you have to know Java or .Net now. So you should not stick to single products. One should always remember the basic things you know. Then you can always switch from one technology or product to another.
Cheers Michael
PS: funny i spelled knowlegde wrong five times out of six
PS 2: i am amost 40 years old, 10 years SAP experience, first "hello world" basic program at age 13 on commodore pc (the things with green displays and tape drives)
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I've been working as a SAP admin/architect for the last 15 years et still learn new things every day.
The more I learn, the more I discover that the knowledge still to be learnt is getting bigger and bigger.
And when you think you know a subject, SAP decides to change everything !
The fun part of being a SAP admin/architect is to learn new things every day.
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Even if you become an expert at what you do, you need to keep learning.
Eventually you will find that your SAP skills won't help you any more. (You move to a different job; your company dumps SAP and uses something else; etc.)
If you haven't kept on a learning track, you will find it difficult to jump to the next big thing. Ask those from 20 or so years ago who had great Cobol skills.
Rob
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Just look at this page:
http://forums.sdn.sap.com/index.jspa?categoryID=1
After almost 19 years (age irrelevant) I feel like I know almost nothing...
What's R/3 again?
Thomas
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This 'phenomenon' is common for anything in IT-Business IMO. I'm 23, 2 years with SAP-stuff now, and when looking at the billions of sub forums about SAP-Stuff I have a clue in maybe... five or six?...
Additionally, for certain expertise, I know I can just jettison half of it once we upgrade to a new release....
IT-based knowledge is short-lived.
...short lived, still challenging at times. This is me at least once a week:
http://www9.pic-upload.de/19.01.12/x7mezssgow28.jpg
Yeah... most important: things don't get boring.
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