Need the career suggestion for Java developer

[Former Member]

Dear all,

I am a programmer with four years experience in webMethods integration. I am also good at Oracle PL/SQL, XML and Java.

So, here is my question, shall I study for an ABAP certification and begin to look for an ABAP job? or, based on my background, I should try to get a Netweaver Java Certification and try to move to portal development or SAP XI?

Regards,

Mike

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Mike Eng

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

hi mike,

Its good u have such a good experience in webmethods and oracle/pl-sql and also java. i feel abap would be much better option to move on to.

ABAP is sap custom language, and it would always be preferred more over everthing else, and apart from that certified abapers are still very few, while compare that with java, which is at peak in the job market,and flodded with java proffesionals.

And as u have previous experience getting through abap certification wont be tough.Happy abap programing.......!!!!

Best of luck

[Former Member]

ABAP will be a better option to get into SAP.

[Former Member]

Hi Rebecca,

Why do you think that ABAP is better? Is Netweaver for Java & XI a hot area?

Thanks!

Mike

[former_member182372]

Mike, learn ABAP AND XI/Portal... ABAP is "the must" in SAP world and ~60% of projects now IMHO are kind of integration projects (XI for process integration and Portal for people and knowledge integration)...

[Former Member]

Maksim is right.

ABAP is Heart for SAP.

My personal option, tou can do Java well, you can do ABAP easily.

ABAP like a PHP/ASP. a scripting language. Easy to learn and pick up.

No need Class/import/package concept/Ant/Complie/Deploy.

The complicate (The heart) is the business logic and fucntion.

What that function do, why you need to call it...

Xi <-- I think just some technical. Not much business logic.